Structural basis for the adsorption of a single-stranded RNA bacteriophage.
Meng, R., Jiang, M., Cui, Z., Chang, J.Y., Yang, K., Jakana, J., Yu, X., Wang, Z., Hu, B., Zhang, J.(2019) Nat Commun 10: 3130-3130
- PubMed: 31311931 
- DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11126-8
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6NM5 - PubMed Abstract: 
Single-stranded RNA bacteriophages (ssRNA phages) infect Gram-negative bacteria via a single maturation protein (Mat), which attaches to a retractile pilus of the host. Here we present structures of the ssRNA phage MS2 in complex with the Escherichia coli F-pilus, showing a network of hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions at the Mat-pilus interface ...