Vidyalelo
Agriculture · Q58

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 58

Q58

Number of amino acid in TMV is

A.
254
B.
300
C.
158
Answer
D.
400

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The number of amino acids in TMV is 158.
The coat protein (TMVP) of the virus contains 158 amino acid residues and was the first viral protein to be sequenced and to have its three-dimensional structure elucidated by X-ray crystallography.
Capsomeres in TMV have several amino acids. TMV viruses are those viruses that cause mosaic disease in tobacco.