Number of coat protein subunits
| Value | 2130 Unitless |
|---|---|
| Organism | Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) |
| Reference | Klug A. The tobacco mosaic virus particle: structure and assembly. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1999 Mar 29 354(1383):531-5PubMed ID10212932 |
| Comments | In the TMV structure all 2130 coat protein subunits (except the few at the ends of the particle) make the same non-covalent contacts with each other, and this specific bonding pattern repeated many times leads to a symmetrical final structure. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 104377 |