Rhombic Dodecadedron
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) readily dimerizes in solution. The atomic-structure of the virus is a truncated prism with a large electronegative spike.
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HBV is a dimorphic virus which assembles into T=3 and T=4 (90 and 120-unit) icosahedral capsids from this single subunit.
On pathway to simulating HBV virus, we modify the angles of the bonding faces to promote smaller capsid assembly. We promote 12-unit rhombic dodecahedron assembly. We use the size and mass of HBV subunits coarse-grained to 41 beads with charge and lennard-jones patterning.
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Lennarnd-jones attraction pattern:
