Download MendeleyThree-dimensional structure of the bacteriophage T4 baseplate
Kostyuchenko, V.A., Leiman, P.G., Chipman, P.R., Kanamaru, S., van Raaij, M.J., Arisaka, F., Mesyanzhinov, V.V., Rossmann, M.G.(2003) Nat Struct Biol 10: 688-693
- PubMed: 12923574
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb970
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1PDF, 1PDI, 1PDJ, 1PDL, 1PDM, 1PDP - PubMed Abstract:
The baseplate of bacteriophage T4 is a multiprotein molecular machine that controls host cell recognition, attachment, tail sheath contraction and viral DNA ejection. We report here the three-dimensional structure of the baseplate-tail tube complex determined to a resolution of 12 A by cryoelectron microscopy. The baseplate has a six-fold symmetric, dome-like structure approximately 520 A in diameter and approximately 270 A long, assembled around a central hub. A 940 A-long and 96 A-diameter tail tube, coaxial with the hub, is connected to the top of the baseplate. At the center of the dome is a needle-like structure that was previously identified as a cell puncturing device. We have identified the locations of six proteins with known atomic structures, and established the position and shape of several other baseplate proteins. The baseplate structure suggests a mechanism of baseplate triggering and structural transition during the initial stages of T4 infection.
Organizational Affiliation:
Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, 16/10 Miklukho-Maklaya Str., 117997 Moscow, Russia.
