Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
BB/M009513
United Kingdom
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
BB/R002622/1
United Kingdom
Wellcome Trust
202679/Z/16/Z
United Kingdom
Wellcome Trust
206166/Z/17/Z
United Kingdom
Citation
Journal: Viruses / Year: 2021 Title: Cryo-EM Structures of Two Bacteriophage Portal Proteins Provide Insights for Antimicrobial Phage Engineering. Authors: Abid Javed / Hugo Villanueva / Shadikejiang Shataer / Sara Vasciaveo / Renos Savva / Elena V Orlova / Abstract: Widespread antibiotic resistance has returned attention to bacteriophages as a means of managing bacterial pathogenesis. Synthetic biology approaches to engineer phages have demonstrated genomic ...Widespread antibiotic resistance has returned attention to bacteriophages as a means of managing bacterial pathogenesis. Synthetic biology approaches to engineer phages have demonstrated genomic editing to broaden natural host ranges, or to optimise microbicidal action. Gram positive pathogens cause serious pastoral animal and human infections that are especially lethal in newborns. Such pathogens are targeted by the obligate lytic phages of the and families. These phages have relatively small ~20 kb linear protein-capped genomes and their compact organisation, relatively few structural elements, and broad host range, are appealing from a phage-engineering standpoint. In this study, we focus on portal proteins, which are core elements for the assembly of such tailed phages. The structures of dodecameric portal complexes from phage GA1, which targets , and phage phiCPV4 that infects , were determined at resolutions of 3.3 Å and 2.9 Å, respectively. Both are found to closely resemble the related phi29 portal protein fold. However, the portal protein of phiCPV4 exhibits interesting differences in the clip domain. These structures provide new insights on structural diversity in portal proteins and will be essential for considerations in phage structural engineering.
A: Connector protein B: Connector protein C: Connector protein D: Connector protein E: Connector protein F: Connector protein G: Connector protein H: Connector protein I: Connector protein J: Connector protein K: Connector protein L: Connector protein
Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV / Cryogen name: ETHANE / Humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 281 K / Details: 3 ul of sample was applied to lacey carbon grids.
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Electron microscopy imaging
Experimental equipment
Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company
Microscopy
Model: FEI TITAN KRIOS
Electron gun
Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN / Accelerating voltage: 300 kV / Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM
Electron dose: 1 e/Å2 / Detector mode: COUNTING / Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Num. of grids imaged: 1 / Num. of real images: 2903
EM imaging optics
Energyfilter name: GIF Quantum LS / Energyfilter slit width: 20 eV
Resolution: 2.8 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Num. of particles: 26940 / Algorithm: FOURIER SPACE / Num. of class averages: 1 / Symmetry type: POINT
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