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Purified tails from bacteriophage T5
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SUBMITTER: Romain Linares
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-11319 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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Structural basis of bacteriophage T5 infection trigger and <i>E. coli</i> cell wall perforation.
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Most bacteriophages present a tail allowing host recognition, cell wall perforation, and viral DNA channeling from the capsid to the infected bacterium cytoplasm. The majority of tailed phages bear a long flexible tail (<i>Siphoviridae</i>) at the tip of which receptor binding proteins (RBPs) specifically interact with their host, triggering infection. In siphophage T5, the unique RBP is located at the extremity of a central fiber. We present the structures of T5 tail tip, determined by cryo-ele ...[more]