Structural highlights
Function
FIB12_BPT4 Structural component of the short tail fiber. Adhesion protein that binds irreversibly to the lipopolysaccharides component (LPS) on the cell surface of Escherichia coli B strains during virus attachment. After at least three long tail fibers have bound, short tail fibers extend and bind irreversibly to the core region of the host cell LPS.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
References
- ↑ Weigele PR, Scanlon E, King J. Homotrimeric, beta-stranded viral adhesins and tail proteins. J Bacteriol. 2003 Jul;185(14):4022-30. PMID:12837775
