Protein Domain : Pre-hexon-linking protein IIIa, N-terminal IPR043053

Type	Homologous_superfamily
Description	This superfamily represents the N-terminal domain of pre-hexon-linking protein IIIa.The major capsid protein of the adenovirus strain is also known as a hexon. This entry represents protein IIIa, which is a hexon-associated protein that is likely to participate in vertex stabilisation and genome packaging. It stabilises vertices by tethering the penton bases to neighbouring peripentonal hexons, and lashes peripentonal hexons to the neighbouring hexons through its interaction with hexon-linking protein. During virus assembly, it seems to play a role in packaging of viral DNA via its interaction with packaging protein 3 [ , ].
Short Name	Hex_IIIa_N