4osd | pdb_00004osd
From Proteopedia
Dimer of a C-terminal fragment of phage T4 gp5 beta-helix
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Structural highlights
Function[VG05_BPT4] Tail-associated lysozyme essential for localized hydrolysis of bacterial cell wall necessary for viral DNA injection. The needle-like gp5 protein punctures the outer cell membrane and then digests the peptidoglycan cell wall in the periplasmic space. Contents | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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