“…Most of the hotspots identified at the interpentamer interfaces in this study were conserved with residues in other picornaviruses that were previously predicted to stabilize the capsid. For example, hotspots N25, R61, Y62, Y63, T64, V95, R102, N117, S240 (VP2), M144, Y148, I150, D152, L153, T194 and T197 (VP3) correspond to residues in Seneca Valley virus 1 (SVV-1) that were proposed to form stabilizing interactions across the pentamer-pentamer interface [54], while hotspot residues R61, T64, (VP2), M144 and D152 (VP3) were conserved with residues that were predicted to be important for the stability of the pentamer interfaces of enteroviruses [36]. Furthermore, hotspots M144, I150, D152 and L153 (VP3) are conserved with residues in human rhinovirus (HRV)-2 that become disordered during uncoating and RNA release [56].…”