National Institutes of Health/National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH/NHGRI)
R01 GM047795
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH/NHGRI)
S10 OD019995
United States
Citation
Journal: J Mol Biol / Year: 2020 Title: Mobile Loops and Electrostatic Interactions Maintain the Flexible Tail Tube of Bacteriophage Lambda. Authors: Patricia L Campbell / Robert L Duda / Jamie Nassur / James F Conway / Alexis Huet / Abstract: The long flexible tail tube of bacteriophage lambda connects its capsid to the tail tip. On infection, a DNA ejection signal is passed from the tip, along the tube to the capsid that triggers passage ...The long flexible tail tube of bacteriophage lambda connects its capsid to the tail tip. On infection, a DNA ejection signal is passed from the tip, along the tube to the capsid that triggers passage of the DNA down the tube and into the host bacterium. The tail tube is built from repeating units of the major tail protein, gpV, which has two distinctive domains. Its N-terminal domain has the same fold as proteins that form the rigid inner tubes of contractile tail phages, such as T4, and its C-terminal domain adopt an Ig-like fold of unknown function. We determined structures of the lambda tail tube in free tails and in virions before and after DNA ejection using cryoelectron microscopy. Modeling of the density maps reveals how electrostatic interactions and a mobile loop participate in assembly and also impart flexibility to the tube while maintaining its integrity. We also demonstrate how a common protein fold produces rigid tubes in some phages but flexible tubes in others.
History
Deposition
May 23, 2019
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Header (metadata) release
Nov 27, 2019
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Map release
Nov 27, 2019
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Update
Mar 20, 2024
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Current status
Mar 20, 2024
Processing site: RCSB / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Cryogen name: ETHANE-PROPANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 298 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK II
Details
purified tail
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI POLARA 300
Image recording
Film or detector model: FEI FALCON II (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: INTEGRATING / Number grids imaged: 1 / Number real images: 1240 / Average electron dose: 20.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
Electron optics
Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD
Sample stage
Cooling holder cryogen: NITROGEN
Experimental equipment
Model: Tecnai Polara / Image courtesy: FEI Company
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