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| Title | Phage 812 baseplate in the pre-contraction state (C3) | |||||||||
Map data | Phage 812 baseplate in the pre-contraction state (C3); postprocessed map | |||||||||
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Keywords | phage / baseplate / VIRUS | |||||||||
| Function / homology | Function and homology informationsymbiont-mediated cytolysis of host cell / hydrolase activity, acting on glycosyl bonds / phosphoric diester hydrolase activity / cysteine-type peptidase activity / lipid metabolic process / proteolysis Similarity search - Function | |||||||||
| Biological species | Staphylococcus phage 812K1/420 (virus) | |||||||||
| Method | single particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 5.9 Å | |||||||||
Authors | Binovsky J / Plevka P | |||||||||
| Funding support | European Union, Czech Republic, 2 items
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Citation | Journal: EMBO J / Year: 2026Title: Conformational changes of the baseplate regulating tail contraction of Staphylococcus phage 812. Authors: Ján Bíňovský / Marta Šiborová / Maryna Zlatohurska / Jiří Nováček / Pavol Bárdy / Roman Baška / Karel Škubník / Tibor Botka / Martin Benešík / Roman Pantůček / Konstantinos ...Authors: Ján Bíňovský / Marta Šiborová / Maryna Zlatohurska / Jiří Nováček / Pavol Bárdy / Roman Baška / Karel Škubník / Tibor Botka / Martin Benešík / Roman Pantůček / Konstantinos Tripsianes / Pavel Plevka / ![]() Abstract: Phages with contractile tails employ elaborate mechanisms to penetrate bacterial cell walls and deliver their genomes into the host cytoplasm. Here, we used cryo-EM to show that the baseplate of ...Phages with contractile tails employ elaborate mechanisms to penetrate bacterial cell walls and deliver their genomes into the host cytoplasm. Here, we used cryo-EM to show that the baseplate of phage 812, a member of the Kayvirus genus, which infects Gram-positive Staphylococcus strains, is formed of a core, wedge modules, and baseplate arms carrying receptor-binding proteins 1 and 2 and tripod complexes. Upon binding to a host cell, the receptor-binding proteins of phage 812 baseplate reorient and undergo conformational changes. The changes to the tripod complexes trigger the release of the central spike and weld proteins, which expose peptidoglycan-degrading domains of the hub proteins. Changes in the positions of baseplate arms are transmitted through wedge modules to tail sheath initiator proteins. The ring of the tail sheath initiator proteins expands and triggers the contraction of the tail sheath, which shortens to 50% and pushes the tail tube 10-30 nm into the bacterial cytoplasm. Homologous molecular mechanisms are probably shared by phages of the Herelleviridae family with contractile tails to infect Gram-positive bacteria. | |||||||||
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| Map data | emd_55951.map.gz | 99.5 MB | EMDB map data format | |
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| Header (meta data) | emd-55951-v30.xml emd-55951.xml | 40.8 KB 40.8 KB | Display Display | EMDB header |
| FSC (resolution estimation) | emd_55951_fsc.xml | 22.5 KB | Display | FSC data file |
| Images | emd_55951.png | 121.1 KB | ||
| Masks | emd_55951_msk_1.map | 1000 MB | Mask map | |
| Filedesc metadata | emd-55951.cif.gz | 11.7 KB | ||
| Others | emd_55951_half_map_1.map.gz emd_55951_half_map_2.map.gz | 810.2 MB 808.9 MB | ||
| Archive directory | http://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-55951 ftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-55951 | HTTPS FTP |
-Related structure data
| Related structure data | ![]() 9ticMC ![]() 9eujC ![]() 9eukC ![]() 9eulC ![]() 9eumC ![]() 9f04C ![]() 9f05C ![]() 9f06C ![]() 9fkoC ![]() 9tidC ![]() 9tieC ![]() 9tifC ![]() 9tigC ![]() 9tihC ![]() 9tiiC ![]() 9tijC ![]() 9tikC ![]() 9tilC ![]() 9timC ![]() 9tinC ![]() 9tioC ![]() 9tipC ![]() 9tirC ![]() 9tisC ![]() 9titC ![]() 9tiwC M: atomic model generated by this map C: citing same article ( |
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| Similar structure data | Similarity search - Function & homology F&H Search |
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| EMDB pages | EMDB (EBI/PDBe) / EMDataResource |
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| File | Download / File: emd_55951.map.gz / Format: CCP4 / Size: 1000 MB / Type: IMAGE STORED AS FLOATING POINT NUMBER (4 BYTES) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Annotation | Phage 812 baseplate in the pre-contraction state (C3); postprocessed map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Projections & slices | Image control
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| Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 1.6672 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Details | EMDB XML:
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-Half map: Phage 812 baseplate in the pre-contraction state (C3); half map 1
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| Annotation | Phage 812 baseplate in the pre-contraction state (C3); half map 1 | ||||||||||||
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-Half map: Phage 812 baseplate in the pre-contraction state (C3); half map 2
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| Annotation | Phage 812 baseplate in the pre-contraction state (C3); half map 2 | ||||||||||||
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Sample components
+Entire : Staphylococcus phage 812K1/420
+Supramolecule #1: Staphylococcus phage 812K1/420
+Macromolecule #1: ORF68
+Macromolecule #2: ORF64
+Macromolecule #3: ORF65
+Macromolecule #4: ORF58
+Macromolecule #5: CBM-cenC domain-containing protein
+Macromolecule #6: ORF50
+Macromolecule #7: ORF49
+Macromolecule #8: ORF57
+Macromolecule #9: ORF56
+Macromolecule #10: ORF60
+Macromolecule #11: ORF59
+Macromolecule #12: ORF61
+Macromolecule #13: ORF62
+Macromolecule #14: ORF63
+Macromolecule #15: ORF67
-Experimental details
-Structure determination
| Method | cryo EM |
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Processing | single particle reconstruction |
| Aggregation state | particle |
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Sample preparation
| Buffer | pH: 8 Component:
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| Grid | Model: Quantifoil R2/1 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 200 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: HOLEY | ||||||||||||
| Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV | ||||||||||||
| Details | 10e9 PFU/ml |
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Electron microscopy
| Microscope | TFS KRIOS |
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| Image recording | Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Number real images: 26731 / Average exposure time: 2.0 sec. / Average electron dose: 40.8 e/Å2 |
| Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Electron optics | Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD / Nominal defocus max: 2.0 µm / Nominal defocus min: 0.5 µm / Nominal magnification: 105000 |
| Sample stage | Specimen holder model: FEI TITAN KRIOS AUTOGRID HOLDER / Cooling holder cryogen: NITROGEN |
| Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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-Atomic model buiding 1
| Details | Fitting of previously refined sub-models (e.g. lower arm, upper arm, core, baseplate-proximal tail) in ChimeraX as rigid bodies, then relaxing the model using ISOLDE before rigid body refinement in Phenix (all chains as a single rigid body). |
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| Refinement | Space: REAL / Protocol: RIGID BODY FIT / Overall B value: 287 |
| Output model | ![]() PDB-9tic: |
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Staphylococcus phage 812K1/420 (virus)
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