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Structural highlights

Function

FII_LAMBD Plays a role in virion assembly by joining the head and the tail at the last step of morphogenesis. Six FII proteins bind the DNA-filled capsid after W binding, in turn binding the pre-assembled tail by interacting with U protein.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Evolutionary Conservation

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

References

1. ↑ Boklage CE, Wong EC, Bode VC. Functional abnormality of lambda phage particles from complemented FII-mutant lysates. Virology. 1974 Sep;61(1):22-8. PMID:4413519
2. ↑ Casjens S. Bacteriophage lambda FII gene protein: role in head assembly. J Mol Biol. 1974 Nov 25;90(1):1-20. PMID:4616093
3. ↑ Casjens S, Horn T, Kaiser AD. Head assembly steps controlled by genes F and W in bacteriophage lambda. J Mol Biol. 1972 Mar 14;64(3):551-63. PMID:5022189