A phage tubulin assembles dynamic filaments by an atypical mechanism to center viral DNA within the host cell.
Kraemer, J.A., Erb, M.L., Waddling, C.A., Montabana, E.A., Zehr, E.A., Wang, H., Nguyen, K., Pham, D.S., Agard, D.A., Pogliano, J.(2012) Cell 149: 1488-1499
- PubMed: 22726436 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.04.034
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3R4V, 3RB8 - PubMed Abstract: 
Tubulins are essential for the reproduction of many eukaryotic viruses, but historically, bacteriophage were assumed not to require a cytoskeleton. Here, we identify a tubulin-like protein, PhuZ, from bacteriophage 201φ2-1 and show that it forms filaments in vivo and in vitro ...