You are a virologist studying a particularly pathogenic virus that infects sea turtles. In the course of your research, you discover that the virus is destroyed by a protein-digesting enzyme. The structure most vulnerable to this enzyme must be the viral

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The capsid is the protein shell that surrounds and protects the virus's genetic material. If the virus is destroyed by a protein-digesting enzyme, it must mean that the enzyme is breaking down the capsid, indicating that the capsid is the most vulnerable structure to this enzyme.

You Are a Virologist Studying a Particularly Pathogenic Virus That