Structural highlights
Function
TSP_BPMU Polymerizes as an extended helical structure around the baseplate-tail tube complex. During ejection, the sheath shifts to a contracted form, thereby making the inner tail tube protrude through the host cell envelope.[1]
References
- ↑ Takeda S, Sasaki T, Ritani A, Howe MM, Arisaka F. Discovery of the tail tube gene of bacteriophage Mu and sequence analysis of the sheath and tube genes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1998 Jul 30;1399(1):88-92. PMID:9714755 doi:10.1016/s0167-4781(98)00102-x
