Structural highlights
Function
FIBER_BPT7 Structural component of the short non-contractile tail. The tail comprises six fibers made of gp17 trimers, 2 nm in diameter and 32 nm in length. May attach to host lipopolysaccharides (LPS) to mediate primary attachment to the host cell.[1]
References
- ↑ Cuervo A, Pulido-Cid M, Chagoyen M, Arranz R, Gonzalez-Garcia VA, Garcia-Doval C, Caston JR, Valpuesta JM, van Raaij MJ, Martin-Benito J, Carrascosa JL. Structural Characterization Of The Bacteriophage T7 Tail Machinery. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jul 24. PMID:23884409 doi:10.1074/jbc.M113.491209
