| Type: | Domain | Name: | Adenovirus Pll, hexon, N-terminal |
| Description: | Hexon is a major coat protein found in various species-specific Adenoviruses, which are type II dsDNA viruses. Hexon coat proteins are synthesised during late infection and form homo-trimers. The 240 copies of the hexon trimer that are produced are organised so that 12 lie on each of the 20 facets. The central 9 hexons in a facet are cemented together by 12 copies of polypeptide IX. The penton complex, formed by the peripentonal hexons and base hexon (holding in place a fibre), lie at each of the 12 vertices []. The hexon coat protein is a duplication consisting of two domains with a similar fold packed together like the nucleoplasmin subunits. Within a hexon trimer, the domains are arranged around a pseudo 6-fold axis. The domains have a beta-sandwich structure consisting of 8 strands in two sheets with a jelly-roll topology; each domain is heavily decorated with many insertions [].This entry represents the N-terminal domain of hexon coat proteins. | Short Name: | Adenovirus_Pll_hexon_N |
