A calcium-fortified viral matrix protein.

ABSTRACT: In this issue of Structure, Leyrat and colleagues provide the first structural analysis of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) matrix protein, a key regulator of viral assembly. Though structurally similar to other matrix proteins, two calcium binding sites suggest intriguing differences in regulation.

SUBMITTER: Amarasinghe GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3922826 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature