... significant binding of bis-ANS to any of the particles, with the exception of T45S, which bound asmall amount of bis-ANS, increasing, by twofold, the emission of the probe (Fig. 7B). M88V and WT ... different from those of other simple icosahedralviruses [13]. The main chain of the protein subunit foldsinto a five stranded antiparallel b-sheet (strands bC–bG)facing the interior of the phage particle, ... hydrophobiccore (M88V) and the other in the protein–RNA interaction(T45S), decrease the stability of the capsid. Our findingsilluminate the role of packing in the icosahedral lattice of the virus capsid.Experimental...