Bacteriophage T4 gp17 motor assembly based on crystal structures and cryo-EM reconstructions
by electron microscopy, at 34 A resolution

#1: Depositted structure unit, Made by Jmol
#2: Superimposing with EM 3D map: EMDB-1572, Made by UCSF CHIMERA
Entry | |
| Summary | |
| Database / ID | PORTEIN DATA BANK (PDB) / 3ezk |
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| Title | Bacteriophage T4 gp17 motor assembly based on crystal structures and cryo-EM reconstructions |
| Descriptor | DNA packaging protein Gp17 |
| Keywords | HYDROLASE, pentameric motor, DNA packaging, Alternative initiation, ATP-binding, DNA-binding, Hydrolase, Nuclease, Nucleotide-binding |
| Authors | Sun, S., Rossmann, M.G. |
| Date | Deposition: 2008-10-23, Release: 2009-01-13 |
| PDBj Mine pages | Summary, Structural Details, Experimental Details, Functional Details |
| Other databases | RCSB-PDB, PDBe, CATH, CE, FSSP, SCOP, VAST |
| Structure Visualization | |
| Movies | Movie Page#1: Depositted structure unit, Made by Jmol #2: Superimposing with EM 3D map: EMDB-1572, Made by UCSF CHIMERA |
| Structure viewers | Yorodumi, jV4, Jmol, Biological unit (Images, jV) |
| Related Structure Data | |
| Related Entries |
Cite: data citing same article Fit: target map of fitting |
| Similar strucutres (beta) |
List of similar structure data about Omokage system |
Article | |
| Citation - primary | |
| Article | Cell, Vol. 135, Issue 7, Page 1251-62, Year 2008 |
|---|---|
| Title | The structure of the phage T4 DNA packaging motor suggests a mechanism dependent on electrostatic forces. |
| Authors | Siyang Sun, Kiran Kondabagil, Bonnie Draper, Tanfis I Alam, Valorie D Bowman, Zhihong Zhang, Shylaja Hegde, Andrei Fokine, Michael G Rossmann, Venigalla B Rao Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054, USA. |
| Keywords | Bacteriophage T4 (metabolism), Crystallography, X-Ray, DNA Packaging, Models, Molecular, Static Electricity, Viral Proteins (chemistry), Virus Assembly, gp17 protein, Enterobacteria phage T4 |
| Links | PII: S0092-8674(08)01447-5, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.11.015, PubMed: 19109896 |
Components | |
| ID 1 : Terminase | |
| Image | ![]() ![]() |
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| Description | DNA packaging protein Gp17 |
| Type | polymer |
| Fragment | Residues 1-577 |
| Formula weight | 66204.734 Da |
| Number of molecules | 5 |
| Source | Method: Isolated from a genetically manipulated source Gene: D, 17, ID:10665, Bacteriophage T4Host: ID:562, Escherichia coli, BL21(DE3), PlasmidPlasmid name: pET |
| Links | UniProt: P17312, Sequence view |
Sample | |
| Assembly | |
| Aggregation state | PARTICLE |
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| Name | T4 procapsid with gp17 bound |
| Buffer | |
| Name | 50mM Tris-HCl, 100mM NaCl, 5mM MgCl2, 3mM beta-Mercaptoethanol |
| Sample preparation | |
| pH | 7.4 |
| Vitrification | |
| Details | flash-frozen on holey grids in liquid ethane |
Electron Microscopy |
Processing | |
| 2D projection selection | |
| Software name | EMFIT |
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| 3D reconstruction | |
| Actual pixel size | 6.48 A/pix |
| CTF correction method | phase flipping of each micrograph |
| Method | Spider |
| Nominal pixel size | 6.48 A/pix |
| Resolution | 34.0 A |
| 3D fitting | |
| Method | N- and C-terminal domains were separately fitted into their corresponding cryoEM densities |
| Refinement Protocol | Rigid body |
| Refinement Space | REAL |
| Software name | EMFIT |
| Target criteria | Sumf |
| Refine hist | |
| Total atoms | 2765 |
| Protein atoms | 2765 |
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| PDB format | |||
| All | pdb3ezk.ent.gz pdb3ezk.ent (uncompressed file) | ||
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| Header only | pdb3ezk.ent.gz | ||
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| mmCIF | 3ezk.cif.gz | ||
| XML format | |||
| All | 3ezk.xml.gz | ||
| No-atom | 3ezk-noatom.xml.gz | ||
| Ext-atom | 3ezk-extatom.xml.gz | ||
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