Three-dimensional reconstruction of the stacked-disk aggregate of tobacco mosaic virus protein from electron micrographs

1971 ◽  
Vol 261 (837) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Tobacco Mosaic Virus ◽  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Virus Protein ◽  
Protein Subunits ◽  
Microscope Images ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Inner Parts

The three-dimensional structure of the stacked-disk rod of tobacco mosaic virus protein has been reconstructed to a resolution of about 2 nm from electron microscope images. Closed rings of seventeen protein subunits (compared with 16 ⅓ in one turn of the virus helix) are stacked in polar fashion, the stacking being accompanied by an axial perturbation of periodicity 5.3 nm connecting successive pairs of rings into disks. The axial perturbation consists of a movement towards each other of the outer parts of the subunits in the two rings comprising a disk, together with a movement of the inner parts in the opposite direction. This could be explained either by a bending of parts of the subunits in the appropriate directions or by a bodily tilting of the subunits in the two rings in opposite directions.

scholarly journals Coat–protein–mediated resistance to tobacco mosaic virus: discovery mechanisms and exploitation

1999 ◽  
Vol 354 (1383) ◽  
pp. 659-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger N. Beachy
Keyword(s):  
Coat Protein ◽  
Tobacco Mosaic Virus ◽  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Challenge Virus ◽  
Transgenic Cell ◽  
Coat Protein Mediated Resistance ◽  
Local Cell

In 1986 we reported that transgenic plants which accumulate the coat protein of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) are protected from infection by TMV, and by closely related tobamoviruses. The phenomenon is referred to as coat–protein–mediated resistance (CP–MR), and bears certain similarities to cross protection, a phenomenon described by plant pathologists early in this century. Our studies of CP–MR against TMV have demonstrated that transgenically expressed CP interferes with disassembly of TMV particles in the inoculated transgenic cell. However, there is little resistance to local, cell–to–cell spread of infection. CP–MR involves interaction between the transgenic CP and the CP of the challenge virus, and resistance to TMV is greater than to tobamoviruses that have CP genes more distantly related to the transgene. Using the known coordinates of the three–dimensional structure of TMV we developed mutant forms of CP that have stronger inter–subunit interactions, and confer increased levels of CP–MR compared with wild–type CP. Similarly, it is predicted that understanding the cellular and structural basis of CP–MR will lead to the development of variant CP transgenes that each can confer high levels of resistance against a range of tobamoviruses.

Formation of true Three-Dimensional Crystals of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Protein

Nature ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 200 (4910) ◽  
pp. 932-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. MacLEOD ◽  
G. J. HILLS ◽  
ROY MARKHAM
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Mosaic Virus ◽  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Virus Protein

scholarly journals Three-dimensional Structure of Satellite Tobacco Mosaic Virus at 2·9 Å Resolution

1993 ◽  
Vol 231 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven B. Larson ◽  
Stanley Koszelak ◽  
John Day ◽  
Aaron Greenwood ◽  
J.Allan Dodds ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Mosaic Virus ◽  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Three Dimensional Structure ◽  
Satellite Tobacco Mosaic Virus

Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Using Stereo Pairs from Serial Thick Sections

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 562-563
Author(s):  
Robert Glaeser ◽  
Thomas Bauer ◽  
David Grano
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Serial Sections ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Stereo Imagery ◽  
Whole Mounts

In transmission electron microscopy, the 3-dimensional structure of an object is usually obtained in one of two ways. For objects which can be included in one specimen, as for example with elements included in freeze- dried whole mounts and examined with a high voltage microscope, stereo pairs can be obtained which exhibit the 3-D structure of the element. For objects which can not be included in one specimen, the 3-D shape is obtained by reconstruction from serial sections. However, without stereo imagery, only detail which remains constant within the thickness of the section can be used in the reconstruction; consequently, the choice is between a low resolution reconstruction using a few thick sections and a better resolution reconstruction using many thin sections, generally a tedious chore. This paper describes an approach to 3-D reconstruction which uses stereo images of serial thick sections to reconstruct an object including detail which changes within the depth of an individual thick section.

Quantitative Measurements on the Ion Etching of TMV

1973 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 336-337
Author(s):  
Irwin Bendet ◽  
Nabil Rizk
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Tobacco Mosaic Virus ◽  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Ion Current ◽  
Beam Diameter ◽  
Ion Etching ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Quantitative Measurements ◽  
Monitoring Devices

Preliminary results reported last year on the ion etching of tobacco mosaic virus indicated that the diameter of the virus decreased more rapidly at 10KV than at 5KV, perhaps reaching a constant value before disappearing completely.In order to follow the effects of ion etching on TMV more quantitatively we have designed and built a second apparatus (Fig. 1), which incorporates monitoring devices for measuring ion current and vacuum as well as accelerating voltage. In addition, the beam diameter has been increased to approximately 1 cm., so that ten electron microscope grids can be exposed to the beam simultaneously.

A New 1000kv Electron Microscope

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 100-101
Author(s):  
J.L. Williams ◽  
K. Heathcote ◽  
E.J. Greer
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Specimen Thickness ◽  
Voltage Electron ◽  
High Voltage Electron Microscope ◽  
Dynamic Experiments ◽  
Conventional Instrument

High Voltage Electron Microscope already offers exciting experimental possibilities to Biologists and Materials Scientists because the increased specimen thickness allows direct observation of three dimensional structure and dynamic experiments on effectively bulk specimens. This microscope is designed to give maximum accessibility and space in the specimen region for the special stages which are required. At the same time it provides an ease of operation similar to a conventional instrument.

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