2bsg
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The modeled structure of fibritin (gpwac) of bacteriophage T4 based on cryo-EM reconstruction of the extended tail of bacteriophage T4
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Function
[WAC_BPT4] Chaperone responsible for attachment of long tail fibers to virus particle. Forms the fibrous structure on the neck of the virion called whiskers. During phage assembly, 6 fibritin molecules attach to each virion neck through their N-terminal domains, to form a collar with six fibers ('whiskers').
About this Structure
2bsg is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Bpt4. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
- 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
