Crystal structure of the MS2 coat protein dimer: implications for RNA binding and virus assembly.
Ni, C.Z., Syed, R., Kodandapani, R., Wickersham, J., Peabody, D.S., Ely, K.R.(1995) Structure 3: 255-263
- PubMed: 7788292 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0969-2126(01)00156-3
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1MSC - PubMed Abstract: 
The coat protein in RNA bacteriophages binds and encapsidates viral RNA, and also acts as translational repressor of viral replicase by binding to an RNA hairpin in the RNA genome. Because of its dual function, the MS2 coat protein is an interesting candidate for structural studies of protein-RNA interactions and protein-protein interactions. In this study, unassembled MS2 coat protein dimers were selected to analyze repressor activity and virus assembly.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Cancer Research Center, La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, CA 92037, USA.