Viral genome packaging
uniprot_keyword
KW-0231
canonical
name
Viral genome packaging
uniprot
definition
Protein involved in actively packaging the replicated viral genome into a protective shell or envelope. Such packaging proteins are present for example in adenoviruses, herpesviruses and tailed bacteriophages. In bacteriophages, the packaging proteins complex is involved in recognizing and selecting a neo-synthesized viral genome in order to translocate it into a pre-assembled empty procapsid. DNA cleavage is sometimes coupled to genome packaging as well as maturation steps that induce structural changes in the assembled capsid.
uniprot
keywords
is_obsolete
false
uniprot
keywords
ontology_id
uniprot_keywords
uniprot
keywords