Tail proteins of phage SU10 reorganize into the nozzle for genome delivery
oleh: Marta Šiborová, Tibor Füzik, Michaela Procházková, Jiří Nováček, Martin Benešík, Anders S. Nilsson, Pavel Plevka
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01 |
Deskripsi
E. coli phage SU10 has a short non-contractile tail. Here, the authors show that after cell binding, nozzle proteins and tail fibers of SU10 change conformation to form a nozzle that enables the delivery of the phage DNA into the bacterial cytoplasm.