Journal: J Biol Chem / Year: 2013 Title: Structural characterization of the bacteriophage T7 tail machinery. Authors: Ana Cuervo / Mar Pulido-Cid / Mónica Chagoyen / Rocío Arranz / Verónica A González-García / Carmela Garcia-Doval / José R Castón / José M Valpuesta / Mark J van Raaij / Jaime Martín- ...Authors: Ana Cuervo / Mar Pulido-Cid / Mónica Chagoyen / Rocío Arranz / Verónica A González-García / Carmela Garcia-Doval / José R Castón / José M Valpuesta / Mark J van Raaij / Jaime Martín-Benito / José L Carrascosa / Abstract: Most bacterial viruses need a specialized machinery, called "tail," to inject their genomes inside the bacterial cytoplasm without disrupting the cellular integrity. Bacteriophage T7 is a well ...Most bacterial viruses need a specialized machinery, called "tail," to inject their genomes inside the bacterial cytoplasm without disrupting the cellular integrity. Bacteriophage T7 is a well characterized member of the Podoviridae family infecting Escherichia coli, and it has a short noncontractile tail that assembles sequentially on the viral head after DNA packaging. The T7 tail is a complex of around 2.7 MDa composed of at least four proteins as follows: the connector (gene product 8, gp8), the tail tubular proteins gp11 and gp12, and the fibers (gp17). Using cryo-electron microscopy and single particle image reconstruction techniques, we have determined the precise topology of the tail proteins by comparing the structure of the T7 tail extracted from viruses and a complex formed by recombinant gp8, gp11, and gp12 proteins. Furthermore, the order of assembly of the structural components within the complex was deduced from interaction assays with cloned and purified tail proteins. The existence of common folds among similar tail proteins allowed us to obtain pseudo-atomic threaded models of gp8 (connector) and gp11 (gatekeeper) proteins, which were docked into the corresponding cryo-EM volumes of the tail complex. This pseudo-atomic model of the connector-gatekeeper interaction revealed the existence of a common molecular architecture among viruses belonging to the three tailed bacteriophage families, strongly suggesting that a common molecular mechanism has been favored during evolution to coordinate the transition between DNA packaging and tail assembly.
History
Deposition
Jul 2, 2013
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Header (metadata) release
Sep 11, 2013
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Map release
Sep 11, 2013
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Update
Sep 18, 2013
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Current status
Sep 18, 2013
Processing site: RCSB / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Name: gp12 / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 1 / Name.synonym: Tail tubular protein / Details: The protein was cloned with a His-tag. / Number of copies: 1 / Oligomeric state: Monomer / Recombinant expression: Yes
Type: NEGATIVE Details: Samples were applied to grids for 1 min, washed with water, blotted, and stained for 1 min in uranyl acetate.
Grid
Details: 400 mesh cupper grid coated with a carbon layer, glow discharged
Vitrification
Cryogen name: NONE / Instrument: OTHER
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TECNAI F20
Date
Nov 8, 2012
Image recording
Category: CCD / Film or detector model: FEI EAGLE (4k x 4k) / Digitization - Sampling interval: 15 µm / Number real images: 181 / Average electron dose: 10 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 200 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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