3j2m

The X-ray structure of the gp15 hexamer and the model of the gp18 protein fitted into the cryo-EM reconstruction of the extended T4 tailThe X-ray structure of the gp15 hexamer and the model of the gp18 protein fitted into the cryo-EM reconstruction of the extended T4 tail

FunctionFunction

[VG15_BPT4] Stabilizes the tail sheath structure and produces the "connector" structure required for T4 head attachment. [VG18_BPT4] The contractile tail of bacteriophage T4 consists of a contractile sheath, a tube and a baseplate. 144 protomers of Gp18, arranged in 24 annuli, form the contractile tail sheath which participates in viral DNA injection into host cytoplasm.

About this StructureAbout this Structure

3j2m is a 12 chain structure with sequence from Enterobacteria phage t4. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

ReferenceReference

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↑ Kostyuchenko VA, Chipman PR, Leiman PG, Arisaka F, Mesyanzhinov VV, Rossmann MG. The tail structure of bacteriophage T4 and its mechanism of contraction. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2005 Sep;12(9):810-3. Epub 2005 Aug 14. PMID:16116440 doi:10.1038/nsmb975

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OCA

[1] Kostyuchenko VA, Chipman PR, Leiman PG, Arisaka F, Mesyanzhinov VV, Rossmann MG. The tail structure of bacteriophage T4 and its mechanism of contraction. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2005 Sep;12(9):810-3. Epub 2005 Aug 14. PMID:16116440 doi:10.1038/nsmb975

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