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9814712

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
We present the first three-dimensional reconstruction of a prolate, tailed phage, and its empty prohead precursor by cryo-electron microscopy. The head-tail connector, the central component of the DNA packaging machine, is visualized for the first time in situ within the Bacillus subtilis dsDNA phage phi29. The connector, with 12- or 13-fold symmetry, appears to fit loosely into a pentameric vertex of the head, a symmetry mismatch that may be required to rotate the connector to package DNA. The prolate head of phi29 has 10 hexameric units in its cylindrical equatorial region, and 11 pentameric and 20 hexameric units comprise icosahedral end-caps with T=3 quasi-symmetry. Reconstruction of an emptied phage particle shows that the connector and neck/tail assembly undergo significant conformational changes upon ejection of DNA.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
431-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Assembly of a tailed bacterial virus and its genome release studied in three dimensions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't