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FIBRITIN DELETION MUTANT E (BACTERIOPHAGE T4)
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Structural highlights
FunctionWAC_BPT4 Chaperone responsible for attachment of long tail fibers to virus particle. Forms the fibrous structure on the neck of the virion called whiskers. During phage assembly, 6 fibritin molecules attach to each virion neck through their N-terminal domains, to form a collar with six fibers ('whiskers'). See AlsoContents | ||||||||||||||||||||
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