Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Année : 2017

Investigating the thermal dissociation of viral capsid by lattice model

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The dissociation of icosahedral viral capsids was investigated by a homogeneous and a heterogeneous lattice model. In thermal dissociation experiments with cowpea chlorotic mottle virus and probed by small-angle neutron scattering, we observed a slight shrinkage of viral capsids, which can be related to the strengthening of the hydrophobic interaction between subunits at increasing temperature. By considering the temperature dependence of hydrophobic interaction in the homogeneous lattice model, we were able to give a better estimate of the effective charge. In the heterogeneous lattice model, two sets of lattice sites represented different capsid subunits with asymmetric interaction strengths. In that case, the dissociation of capsids was found to shift from a sharp one-step transition to a gradual two-step transition by weakening the hydrophobic interaction between AB and CC subunits. We anticipate that such lattice models will shed further light on the statistical mechanics underlying virus assembly and disassembly.

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hal-04882330 , version 1 (13-01-2025)

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Jingzhi Chen, Maelenn Chevreuil, Sophie Combet, Yves Lansac, Guillaume Tresset. Investigating the thermal dissociation of viral capsid by lattice model. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017, 29 (47), ⟨10.1088/1361-648X/aa8d88⟩. ⟨hal-04882330⟩
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