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Title | High affinity anchoring of the decoration protein pb10 onto the bacteriophage T5 capsid. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Sci Rep, Vol. 7, Page 41662, Year 2017 |
Publish date | Feb 6, 2017 |
Authors | Emeline Vernhes / Madalena Renouard / Bernard Gilquin / Philippe Cuniasse / Dominique Durand / Patrick England / Sylviane Hoos / Alexis Huet / James F Conway / Anatoly Glukhov / Vladimir Ksenzenko / Eric Jacquet / Naïma Nhiri / Sophie Zinn-Justin / Pascale Boulanger / |
PubMed Abstract | Bacteriophage capsids constitute icosahedral shells of exceptional stability that protect the viral genome. Many capsids display on their surface decoration proteins whose structure and function ...Bacteriophage capsids constitute icosahedral shells of exceptional stability that protect the viral genome. Many capsids display on their surface decoration proteins whose structure and function remain largely unknown. The decoration protein pb10 of phage T5 binds at the centre of the 120 hexamers formed by the major capsid protein. Here we determined the 3D structure of pb10 and investigated its capsid-binding properties using NMR, SAXS, cryoEM and SPR. Pb10 consists of an α-helical capsid-binding domain and an Ig-like domain exposed to the solvent. It binds to the T5 capsid with a remarkably high affinity and its binding kinetics is characterized by a very slow dissociation rate. We propose that the conformational exchange events observed in the capsid-binding domain enable rearrangements upon binding that contribute to the quasi-irreversibility of the pb10-capsid interaction. Moreover we show that pb10 binding is a highly cooperative process, which favours immediate rebinding of newly dissociated pb10 to the 120 hexamers of the capsid protein. In extreme conditions, pb10 protects the phage from releasing its genome. We conclude that pb10 may function to reinforce the capsid thus favouring phage survival in harsh environments. |
External links | Sci Rep / PubMed:28165000 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) / NMR (solution) |
Resolution | 8.0 - 9.0 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-8419: High affinity anchoring of the decoration protein pb10 onto the bacteriophage T5 capsid EMDB-8423: PDB-5lxk: PDB-5lxl: |
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Keywords | VIRAL PROTEIN / Bacteriophage T5 Decoration Protein / capsid / HK97 fold / hexon |