Solution structure of Bacteriophage Lambda gpFIISolution structure of Bacteriophage Lambda gpFII

Structural highlights

2kx4 is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia virus Lambda. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Solution NMR
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

FII_LAMBD Plays a role in virion assembly by joining the head and the tail at the last step of morphogenesis. Six FII proteins bind the DNA-filled capsid after W binding, in turn binding the pre-assembled tail by interacting with U protein.[1] [2] [3]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

References

  1. Boklage CE, Wong EC, Bode VC. Functional abnormality of lambda phage particles from complemented FII-mutant lysates. Virology. 1974 Sep;61(1):22-8. PMID:4413519
  2. Casjens S. Bacteriophage lambda FII gene protein: role in head assembly. J Mol Biol. 1974 Nov 25;90(1):1-20. PMID:4616093
  3. Casjens S, Horn T, Kaiser AD. Head assembly steps controlled by genes F and W in bacteriophage lambda. J Mol Biol. 1972 Mar 14;64(3):551-63. PMID:5022189
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