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Title | Structure and infection dynamics of mycobacteriophage Bxb1. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Cell, Year 2025 |
Publish date | Apr 14, 2025 |
![]() | Krista G Freeman / Sudipta Mondal / Lourriel S Macale / Jennifer Podgorski / Simon J White / Benjamin H Silva / Valery Ortiz / Alexis Huet / Ronelito J Perez / Joemark T Narsico / Meng-Chiao Ho / Deborah Jacobs-Sera / Todd L Lowary / James F Conway / Donghyun Park / Graham F Hatfull / ![]() ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 is a well-characterized virus of Mycobacterium smegmatis with double-stranded DNA and a long, flexible tail. Mycobacteriophages show considerable potential as therapies for ...Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 is a well-characterized virus of Mycobacterium smegmatis with double-stranded DNA and a long, flexible tail. Mycobacteriophages show considerable potential as therapies for Mycobacterium infections, but little is known about the structural details of these phages or how they bind to and traverse the complex Mycobacterium cell wall. Here, we report the complete structure and atomic model of phage Bxb1, including the arrangement of immunodominant domains of both the capsid and tail tube subunits, as well as the assembly of the protein subunits in the tail-tip complex. The structure contains protein assemblies with 3-, 5-, 6-, and 12-fold symmetries, which interact to satisfy several symmetry mismatches. Cryoelectron tomography of phage particles bound to M. smegmatis reveals the structural transitions that occur for free phage particles to bind to the cell surface and navigate through the cell wall to enable DNA transfer into the cytoplasm. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) / EM (subtomogram averaging) |
Resolution | 2.45 - 26.0 Å |
Structure data | ![]() EMDB-46656: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 tail tip - Consensus C3 map ![]() EMDB-46657: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 tail tip - Tail spike C1 local refinement ![]() EMDB-46658: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 tail tip - Tail wings C1 local refinement ![]() EMDB-46659: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 tail tip - Tail collar and fibers C1 local refinement EMDB-46661, PDB-9d93: ![]() EMDB-46663: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 portal and connector assembly - C3 consensus refinement ![]() EMDB-46666: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 portal and connector assembly - Portal and head-to-tail adaptor C12 local refinement ![]() EMDB-46667: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 portal and connector assembly - Head-to-tail stopper and tail terminator C6 local refinement ![]() EMDB-46668: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 portal and connector assembly - Tail tube C3 local refinement EMDB-46669, PDB-9d94: ![]() EMDB-46673: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 tail tube segment - C1 consensus refinement ![]() EMDB-46674: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 tail tube segment - Core C1 local refinement ![]() EMDB-46675: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 tail tube segment - CTE domain C1 local refinement EMDB-46676, PDB-9d9l: ![]() EMDB-46678: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 C1 Capsid and Portal - C1 consensus map ![]() EMDB-46679: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 C1 Capsid and Portal - Portal C1 local refinement EMDB-46681, PDB-9d9w: ![]() EMDB-46682: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 Capsid - Icosahedral Consensus Map ![]() EMDB-46684: Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 Capsid - Penton C1 local refinement EMDB-46685, PDB-9d9x: ![]() EMDB-46687: Mycobacteriophage BaDAS-1 Icosahedral Map ![]() EMDB-46702: Subtomogram averaging of Bxb1 phage capsid (DNA-filled) during the infection state ![]() EMDB-46703: Subtomogram averaging of Bxb1 phage tail tube (DNA-filled) during the infection state ![]() EMDB-46704: Subtomogram averaging of Bxb1 phage capsid (emptied) during the infection state ![]() EMDB-46705: Subtomogram averaging of Bxb1 phage tail tube (emptied) during the infection state ![]() EMDB-46706: Subtomogram averaging of Bxb1 phage portal (DNA-filled) during the infection state ![]() EMDB-46707: Subtomogram averaging of Bxb1 phage portal (emptied) during the infection state ![]() EMDB-46723: Subtomogram averaging of Bxb1 phage tail tip complex during the infection state ![]() EMDB-48066: Subtomogram averaging of Bxb1 phage tail tip (infection state) ![]() EMDB-48067: Subtomogram averaging of Bxb1 phage tail tip (infection state, extra density within cell wall) |
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![]() | VIRAL PROTEIN / Bacteriophage / tail tip / portal / tail tube / VIRUS / Mycobacteriophage Bxb1 / capsid |