8JVM | pdb_00008jvm

AHS-CSF domains of phage lambda tail

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8JVM/pdb
• EM Map EMD-36677: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: VIRAL PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Escherichia phage Lambda
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2023-06-28 Released: 2023-10-18 
• Deposition Author(s): Wang, J.
• Funding Organization(s): National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.86 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Literature

Architecture of the bacteriophage lambda tail.

Wang, C., Duan, J., Gu, Z., Ge, X., Zeng, J., Wang, J.

(2024) Structure 32: 35

• PubMed: 37918400 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2023.10.006
• Primary Citation Related Structures: 
  8IYD, 8IYK, 8IYL, 8JVM, 8KGE


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  Bacteriophage lambda has a double-stranded DNA genome and a long, flexible, non-contractile tail encoded by a contiguous block of 11 genes downstream of the head genes. The tail allows host recognition and delivery of viral DNA from the head shell to the cytoplasm of the infected cell. Here, we present a high-resolution structure of the tail complex of bacteriophage lambda determined by cryoelectron microscopy. Most component proteins of the lambda tail were determined at the atomic scale. The structure sheds light on the molecular organization of the extensively studied tail of bacteriophage lambda.

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Organizational Affiliation: 
• State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China.
State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China. Electronic address: [e-mail].
State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China. Electronic address: [e-mail].

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C3  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 3-mer - A3 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 53.2 kDa 
• Atom Count: 3,726 
• Modeled Residue Count: 498 
• Deposited Residue Count: 498 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Tip attachment protein J	A [auth F], B [auth J], C [auth Z]	166	Escherichia phage Lambda	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: J, lambdap21
UniProt
Find proteins for P03749 (Escherichia phage lambda) Explore P03749  Go to UniProtKB:  P03749

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.86 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2023-10-18 
Deposition Author(s): Wang, J.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)	China	32171190

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2023-10-18
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2023-11-08
  Changes: Database references
• Version 1.2: 2023-11-15
  Changes: Database references
• Version 1.3: 2024-01-24
  Changes: Database references
• Version 1.4: 2025-07-23
  Changes: Data collection, Structure summary