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| タイトル | The structure of a thermostable phage's portal vertex and neck complex illuminates the headful maturation mechanism. |
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| ジャーナル・号・ページ | J Mol Biol, Page 169641, Year 2026 |
| 掲載日 | 2026年1月14日 |
著者 | Emma L Sedivy / Emily Agnello / Julia E Hobaugh / Rakeyah Ahsan / Kangkang Song / Chen Xu / Brian A Kelch / ![]() |
| PubMed 要旨 | Viruses assemble from component parts inside their host cells, but the mechanisms coordinating this complex process are not completely understood. In tailed bacteriophages, the genome is packaged ...Viruses assemble from component parts inside their host cells, but the mechanisms coordinating this complex process are not completely understood. In tailed bacteriophages, the genome is packaged into its capsid shell through the portal complex. The portal complex then closes to retain DNA and connects to the tail, which is required for host recognition and infection. The trigger to stop pumping DNA and assemble the mature virus has been a longstanding conundrum in the field. We determined the structure of the portal, the proteins that connect it to the tail, and portal vertex in the hyperthermophilic phage Oshimavirus using cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM). We find highly intertwined loop structures, like in a wicker basket, potentially stabilizing the portal vertex against high temperatures. Moreover, we observe that the portal protrudes from the capsid in mature virions. We propose that portal is repositioned by packaged DNA, forming a pressure-sensitive switch that terminates genome packaging and triggers tail attachment in headful phages. |
リンク | J Mol Biol / PubMed:41544933 |
| 手法 | EM (単粒子) |
| 解像度 | 2.3 - 7.3 Å |
| 構造データ | EMDB-70278, PDB-9oab: EMDB-70279, PDB-9oac: EMDB-70280, PDB-9oad: EMDB-70281, PDB-9oae: ![]() EMDB-70282: C3 reconstruction of the thermophilic bacteriophage P74-26 Capsid-less Neck ![]() EMDB-70283: C12 reconstruction of the thermophilic bacteriophage P74-26 Neck ![]() EMDB-70284: C12 reconstruction of the thermophilic bacteriophage P74-26 Collar-less Neck EMDB-72288, PDB-9q7a: ![]() EMDB-72289: Asymmetric reconstruction of filled phage capsids lacking neck and tail ![]() EMDB-72290: Asymmetric reconstruction of filled phage capsids with broken tails |
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キーワード | VIRUS / bacteriophage / thermophilic / Neck / Portal / Capsid / VIRUS/DNA / VIRUS-DNA complex |
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oshimavirus p7426 (ウイルス)
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