5A20

Structure of bacteriophage SPP1 head-to-tail interface filled with DNA and tape measure protein


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 7.60 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

Structural Rearrangements in the Phage Head-to-Tail Interface During Assembly and Infection.

Chaban, Y.Lurz, R.Brasiles, S.Cornilleau, C.Karreman, M.Zinn-Justin, S.Tavares, P.Orlova, E.V.

(2015) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112: 7009

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504039112
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    5A20, 5A21

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Many icosahedral viruses use a specialized portal vertex to control genome encapsidation and release from the viral capsid. In tailed bacteriophages, the portal system is connected to a tail structure that provides the pipeline for genome delivery to the host cell. We report the first, to our knowledge, subnanometer structures of the complete portal-phage tail interface that mimic the states before and after DNA release during phage infection. They uncover structural rearrangements associated with intimate protein-DNA interactions. The portal protein gp6 of bacteriophage SPP1 undergoes a concerted reorganization of the structural elements of its central channel during interaction with DNA. A network of protein-protein interactions primes consecutive binding of proteins gp15 and gp16 to extend and close the channel. This critical step that prevents genome leakage from the capsid is achieved by a previously unidentified allosteric mechanism: gp16 binding to two different regions of gp15 drives correct positioning and folding of an inner gp16 loop to interact with equivalent loops of the other gp16 subunits. Together, these loops build a plug that closes the channel. Gp16 then fastens the tail to yield the infectious virion. The gatekeeper system opens for viral genome exit at the beginning of infection but recloses afterward, suggesting a molecular diaphragm-like mechanism to control DNA efflux. The mechanisms described here, controlling the essential steps of phage genome movements during virus assembly and infection, are likely to be conserved among long-tailed phages, the largest group of viruses in the Biosphere.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom;


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
PORTAL PROTEIN
A, B
503Bacillus phage SPP1Mutation(s): 0 
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15 PROTEIN
C, D
102Bacillus phage SPP1Mutation(s): 0 
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HEAD COMPLETION PROTEIN GP16
E, F
109Bacillus phage SPP1Mutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 4
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TAIL-TO-HEAD JOINING PROTEIN GP17134Bacillus phage SPP1Mutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 5
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
MAJOR TAIL PROTEIN GP17.1177Bacillus phage SPP1Mutation(s): 0 
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 7.60 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
EM Software:
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
RECONSTRUCTIONEMAN
RECONSTRUCTIONIMAGIC
RECONSTRUCTIONSPIDER

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-06-03
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-06-17
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2017-08-23
    Changes: Data collection
  • Version 1.3: 2024-05-08
    Changes: Data collection, Database references