1el6

Structural highlights

Function

BP11_BPT4 Baseplate protein that is part of the baseplate wedge and that connects the short tail fibers to the baseplate (PubMed:15315755). Involved in the tail assembly.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

References

1. ↑ Leiman PG, Chipman PR, Kostyuchenko VA, Mesyanzhinov VV, Rossmann MG. Three-dimensional rearrangement of proteins in the tail of bacteriophage T4 on infection of its host. Cell. 2004 Aug 20;118(4):419-29. PMID:15315755 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2004.07.022
2. ↑ Leiman PG, Arisaka F, van Raaij MJ, Kostyuchenko VA, Aksyuk AA, Kanamaru S, Rossmann MG. Morphogenesis of the T4 tail and tail fibers. Virol J. 2010 Dec 3;7:355. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-355. PMID:21129200 doi:10.1186/1743-422X-7-355