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Crystal Structure of SPP1 Dit (gp 19.1) Protein, a Paradigm of Hub Adsorption Apparatus in Gram-positive Infecting Phages.Crystal Structure of SPP1 Dit (gp 19.1) Protein, a Paradigm of Hub Adsorption Apparatus in Gram-positive Infecting Phages.

Structural highlights 2x8k is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Bacillus phage SPP1. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.95Å Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function DIT_BPSPP Forms a 40 Angstroms wide channel at the distal tip of the tail. Remains associated to the tail after DNA ejection. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed Siphophage SPP1 infects the Gram+ bacterium Bacillus subtilis using its long non-contractile tail and tail-tip. Electron microscopy (EM) previously allowed a low-resolution assignment of most orf products belonging to these regions. We report here the structure of the SPP1 distal tail protein (Dit, gp19.1). The combination of X-ray crystallography, EM and light scattering established that Dit is a back-to-back dimer of hexamers. However, Dit fitting in the virion EM maps was only possible with a hexamer located between the tail-tube and the tail-tip. Structure comparison revealed high similarity between Dit and a central component of lactophage baseplates. Sequence similarity search expanded its relatedness to several phage proteins, suggesting that Dit is a docking platform for the tail adsorption apparatus in Siphoviridae infecting Gram+ bacteria and that its architecture is a paradigm for these hub proteins. Dit structural similarity extends also to non-contractile and contractile phage tail proteins (gpVN and XkdM) as well as to components of the bacterial type 6 secretion system, supporting an evolutionary connection between all these devices. Crystal structure of bacteriophage SPP1 distal tail protein (GP 19.1): a baseplate hub paradigm in gram+ infecting phages.,Veesler D, Robin G, Lichiere J, Auzat I, Tavares P, Bron P, Campanacci V, Cambillau C J Biol Chem. 2010 Sep 15. PMID:20843802 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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