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== STRUCTURE OF THE RECEPTOR-BINDING DOMAIN OF THE BACTERIOPHAGE T4 SHORT TAIL FIBRE== | == STRUCTURE OF THE RECEPTOR-BINDING DOMAIN OF THE BACTERIOPHAGE T4 SHORT TAIL FIBRE== | ||
| - | The T4 bacteriophage is a virus which | + | The T4 bacteriophage is a virus which affects ''Escherichia coli''. To adsorb to its host cell the T4 bacteriophage uses six long and six short tail fibres. The first adsorption stage is the initial and reversible binding of the long tail fibres to the protein C (OmpC) or to the lipo-polysaccharide (LPS), which are located in the outer membrane of ''Escherichia coli''. At least three long tail fibres have to bind before the short tail fibres can bind.After at least three long tail fibres have bound, the baseplate changes its conformation and the short tail fibres bind irreversible to the core region of the host cell LPS. One short tail fibre consists of a parallel, in-register, trimer of 1ocy. |
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STRUCTURE OF THE RECEPTOR-BINDING DOMAIN OF THE BACTERIOPHAGE T4 SHORT TAIL FIBRE
The T4 bacteriophage is a virus which affects Escherichia coli. To adsorb to its host cell the T4 bacteriophage uses six long and six short tail fibres. The first adsorption stage is the initial and reversible binding of the long tail fibres to the protein C (OmpC) or to the lipo-polysaccharide (LPS), which are located in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. At least three long tail fibres have to bind before the short tail fibres can bind.After at least three long tail fibres have bound, the baseplate changes its conformation and the short tail fibres bind irreversible to the core region of the host cell LPS. One short tail fibre consists of a parallel, in-register, trimer of 1ocy.
