{
  "id": 15125497,
  "title": "Retroviral CA subdomains encode their immature assembly properties independently of strict subdomain co-pairing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/retroviral-ca-subdomains-encode-their-immature-assembly-properties",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.16.759032v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Retroviral capsid (CA) proteins display a conserved two-domain architecture consisting of independently folded N-terminal (CA-NTD) and a C-terminal (CA-CTD) subdomains. Despite a strong CA protein fold conservation, different retrovirus species are employing remarkably variable geometrical solutions to stabilize the CA lattices that form the immature virus particle. For instance, while HTLV-1 has…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}