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1tsp is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Enterobacteria phage p22. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
The tailspike protein (TSP) of Salmonella typhimurium phage P22 is a part of the apparatus by which the phage attaches to the bacterial host and hydrolyzes the O antigen. It has served as a model system for genetic and biochemical analysis of protein folding. The x-ray structure of a shortened TSP (residues 109 to 666) was determined to a 2.0 angstrom resolution. Each subunit of the homotrimer contains a large parallel beta helix. The interdigitation of the polypeptide chains at the carboxyl termini is important to protrimer formation in the folding pathway and to thermostability of the mature protein.
Crystal structure of P22 tailspike protein: interdigitated subunits in a thermostable trimer.,Steinbacher S, Seckler R, Miller S, Steipe B, Huber R, Reinemer P Science. 1994 Jul 15;265(5170):383-6. PMID:8023158[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
References
↑ Steinbacher S, Seckler R, Miller S, Steipe B, Huber R, Reinemer P. Crystal structure of P22 tailspike protein: interdigitated subunits in a thermostable trimer. Science. 1994 Jul 15;265(5170):383-6. PMID:8023158
