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Record W4406473272 · doi:10.1101/2025.01.15.633274

High-Resolution Structures of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Disks from Cryo-Electron Microscopy

2025· preprint· en· W4406473272 on OpenAlexaff
Ismael Abu‐Baker, Artur Biela, Sachin N. Shah, Jonathan G. Heddle, George P. Lomonossoff, Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Bibliographic record

VenuebioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicPlant and Fungal Interactions Research
Canadian institutionsMcGill University
FundersBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
KeywordsTobacco mosaic virusElectron microscopeResolution (logic)Cryo-electron microscopyMosaicVirusVirologyMaterials scienceBiologyPhysicsOpticsComputer scienceBiophysicsArtArtificial intelligence

Abstract

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Abstract Tobacco mosaic virus has been involved in many important developments in virology, structural biology, and biotechnology. Despite decades of study, several key aspects of the viral assembly mechanism remain unclear, particularly the structure of the coat protein disk that initiates virus assembly by interacting with the viral RNA. Here we report the first cryo-electron microscopy structures of the coat protein disk under conditions typically used for in vitro virus assembly. We identify 1-, 2-, and 3-layered disks, all of which differ significantly from previous structures obtained by X-ray crystallography. These new models lead to a revised viral assembly mechanism. We also compare coat proteins produced in bacteria and plants to better understand the effect of N-terminal acetylation.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.006

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.011
GPT teacher head0.268
Teacher spread0.257 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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