6tjp

Structural highlights

Function

PORTL_BPT7 Forms the portal vertex of the capsid. This portal plays critical roles in head assembly, genome packaging, neck/tail attachment, and genome ejection. The portal protein multimerizes as a single ring-shaped homododecamer arranged around a central channel.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_04120]^{[1] [2]}

See Also

• Portal protein 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Agirrezabala X, Martin-Benito J, Valle M, Gonzalez JM, Valencia A, Valpuesta JM, Carrascosa JL. Structure of the connector of bacteriophage T7 at 8A resolution: structural homologies of a basic component of a DNA translocating machinery. J Mol Biol. 2005 Apr 15;347(5):895-902. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.02.005. PMID:15784250 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2005.02.005
2. ↑ Cuervo A, Pulido-Cid M, Chagoyen M, Arranz R, Gonzalez-Garcia VA, Garcia-Doval C, Caston JR, Valpuesta JM, van Raaij MJ, Martin-Benito J, Carrascosa JL. Structural Characterization Of The Bacteriophage T7 Tail Machinery. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jul 24. PMID:23884409 doi:10.1074/jbc.M113.491209