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Title | Structural basis of bacteriophage T5 infection trigger and cell wall perforation. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Sci Adv, Vol. 9, Issue 12, Page eade9674, Year 2023 |
Publish date | Mar 24, 2023 |
Authors | Romain Linares / Charles-Adrien Arnaud / Grégory Effantin / Claudine Darnault / Nathan Hugo Epalle / Elisabetta Boeri Erba / Guy Schoehn / Cécile Breyton / |
PubMed Abstract | Most bacteriophages present a tail allowing host recognition, cell wall perforation, and viral DNA channeling from the capsid to the infected bacterium cytoplasm. The majority of tailed phages bear a ...Most bacteriophages present a tail allowing host recognition, cell wall perforation, and viral DNA channeling from the capsid to the infected bacterium cytoplasm. The majority of tailed phages bear a long flexible tail () at the tip of which receptor binding proteins (RBPs) specifically interact with their host, triggering infection. In siphophage T5, the unique RBP is located at the extremity of a central fiber. We present the structures of T5 tail tip, determined by cryo-electron microscopy before and after interaction with its receptor, FhuA, reconstituted into nanodisc. These structures bring out the important conformational changes undergone by T5 tail tip upon infection, which include bending of T5 central fiber on the side of the tail tip, tail anchoring to the membrane, tail tube opening, and formation of a transmembrane channel. The data allow to detail the first steps of an otherwise undescribed infection mechanism. |
External links | Sci Adv / PubMed:36961893 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.45 - 4.32 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-13953, PDB-7qg9: EMDB-14733, PDB-7zhj: EMDB-14790: Tail tip of siphophage T5 : central fibre EMDB-14799, PDB-7zn2: EMDB-14800, PDB-7zn4: EMDB-14869, PDB-7zqb: EMDB-14873, PDB-7zqp: |
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Keywords | VIRAL PROTEIN / Bacteriophage / Siphophage / T5 / baseplate / VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE |