9MKB

Structure of the bacteriophage T4 portal-neck-tail complex

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Summary for 9MKB

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb9mkb/pdb
• EMDB information: 48324
• Descriptor: gp14, neck protein, Hoc, highly immunogenic outer capsid protein, Soc, small outer capsid protein, ... (32 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: bacteriophage t4, portal vertex, phage neck, phage tail, contractile sheath, tail tube, baseplate, virus, viral protein
• Biological source: Escherichia phage T4; More
• Total number of polymer chains: 541
• Total formula weight: 24141063.30

Authors

Fokine, A.,Zhu, J.,Klose, T.,Vago, F.,Arnaud, C.,Wang, Z.,Khare, B.,Rossmann, M.G.,Chen, Z.,Sun, L.,Fang, Q.,Kuhn, R.,Rao, V.B. (deposition date: 2024-12-17, release date: 2025-12-24)

• Primary citation: Fokine, A.,Zhu, J.,Klose, T.,Vago, F.,Arnaud, C.,Wang, Z.,Khare, B.,Rossmann, M.G.,Chen, Z.,Sun, L.,Fang, Q.,Kuhn, R.,Rao, V.B.; In situ Atomic Structure of Phage T4 Head-Tail Connector Complex Shows Molecular Gates Open for Genome Ejection and DNA Pushed into the Tail Tube; To Be Published,

Experimental method

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (3.8 Å)