The spike tip protein of bacteriophage T4
Mattenberger, Y.; Knyazhanskaya, E. S.; Shneider, M. M.; Buth, S. A.; Nazarov, S.; Robins, W. P. P.; Leiman, P. G.; Belin, D.
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Contractile injection systems (CISs) - bacteriophage tails, tailocins, and bacterial type VI secretion systems - penetrate the envelope of the target cell by employing a contractile sheath-rigid tube mechanism. The membrane-attacking end of the tube carries a spike-shaped complex that ends with a spike tip. In bacteriophage P2, the spike and spike tip proteins are fused, and we used this phage to show that sheath contraction results in the translocation of the spike into the periplasm of the host cell. In bacteriophage T4, the spike and spike tip proteins are encoded by different genes. We show that the ORFan gene 5.4 codes for the spike tip protein of bacteriophage T4. Using an amber nonsense mutation, we show that the gp5.4 protein is dispensable for bacteriophage T4 particle assembly but essential for bacteriophage fitness and infection of bacteria with truncated lipopolysaccharides.
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