Structural highlights
Function
[VG09_BPT4] Structural component of the baseplate. Connects the long tail fibers to the baseplate and triggers the tail contraction after virus attachment to a host cell.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The baseplate of bacteriophage T4 is a multiprotein molecular machine that controls host cell recognition, attachment, tail sheath contraction and viral DNA ejection. We report here the three-dimensional structure of the baseplate-tail tube complex determined to a resolution of 12 A by cryoelectron microscopy. The baseplate has a six-fold symmetric, dome-like structure approximately 520 A in diameter and approximately 270 A long, assembled around a central hub. A 940 A-long and 96 A-diameter tail tube, coaxial with the hub, is connected to the top of the baseplate. At the center of the dome is a needle-like structure that was previously identified as a cell puncturing device. We have identified the locations of six proteins with known atomic structures, and established the position and shape of several other baseplate proteins. The baseplate structure suggests a mechanism of baseplate triggering and structural transition during the initial stages of T4 infection.
Three-dimensional structure of bacteriophage T4 baseplate.,Kostyuchenko VA, Leiman PG, Chipman PR, Kanamaru S, van Raaij MJ, Arisaka F, Mesyanzhinov VV, Rossmann MG Nat Struct Biol. 2003 Sep;10(9):688-93. Epub 2003 Aug 17. PMID:12923574[1]
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References
- ↑ Kostyuchenko VA, Leiman PG, Chipman PR, Kanamaru S, van Raaij MJ, Arisaka F, Mesyanzhinov VV, Rossmann MG. Three-dimensional structure of bacteriophage T4 baseplate. Nat Struct Biol. 2003 Sep;10(9):688-93. Epub 2003 Aug 17. PMID:12923574 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsb970
