Viral tail assembly (kw:KW-1245)

Siphoviridae and Myoviridae tail and head assemblies occur independently. Tail assembly follows a sequential order . The tail measure protein (or tape measure protein, ruler) determines the length of Sipho- and Myoviridae tails .

Tail tube protein polymerization starts from baseplate assembly. The tail measure protein possibly assembles with tail assembly chaperones, and the resulting complex interacts with baseplate to form the tail initiator. Tail tube protein polymerizes on this template and displaces the chaperones thereby creating the tube. It is unclear whether the tail measure protein is trapped inside.Once polymerization of the cylindrical part(s) of the tail has reached the expected length, terminator proteins stop the polymerization . In the phage lambda, the TMP is matured.

In many viruses, the tail assembly gene is expressed through a programmed translational frameshift and gives rise to two chaperone proteins with overlapping sequences .

Matching UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries

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92 entries grouped by protein

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1 entry

Baseplate wedge protein gp6 (Gene product 6) (gp6)

1 entry

Baseplate wedge protein gp7 (Gene product 7) (gp7)

1 entry

Baseplate wedge protein gp8 (Gene product 8) (gp8)

1 entry

Baseplate protein gp9 (Gene product 9) (gp9)

1 entry

Baseplate wedge protein gp10 (Gene product 10) (gp10)

1 entry

Baseplate wedge protein gp11 (Gene product 11) (gp11)

1 entry

Baseplate central spike complex protein gp27 (Gene product 27) (gp27) (Hub protein 27)

1 entry

Baseplate hub protein gp44 (43 kDa tail protein) (Gene product 44) (gp44) (Gene product P) (gpP)

1 entry

Baseplate puncturing device gp45 (Baseplate spike protein) (Gene product 45) (gp45) (Gene product Q) (gpQ)

1 entry

Baseplate protein gp46 (Gene product 46) (gp46) (Gene product V) (gpV)

1 entry

Baseplate protein gp47 (Gene product 47) (gp47) (Gene product W) (gpW)

2 entries

Baseplate protein gp48 (Gene product 48) (gp48) (Gene product R) (gpR)

BP48_BPMU

Escherichia phage Mu (Bacteriophage Mu) reference strain

9KI1

BP48_BPT4

Enterobacteria phage T4 (Bacteriophage T4) reference strain

Baseplate tail-tube junction protein gp48 (Baseplate-tube cap) (Gene product 48) (gp48)

5IV5

1 entry

Baseplate wedge protein gp53 (Gene product 53) (gp53)

1 entry

Baseplate tail-tube junction protein gp54 (Gene product 54) (gp54)

1 entry

Baseplate protein I (Gene I protein) (GpI)

1 entry

Baseplate protein W (Gene W protein) (GpW)

1 entry

DNA circularization protein N (64 kDa virion protein) (Gene product 43) (gp43) (Gene product N) (gpN)

2 entries

Tail completion protein gp17 (Gene product 17) (gp17) (Head-tail joining protein gp17) (Tail-to-head joining protein)

COMPL_BPSPP

Bacillus phage SPP1 (Bacteriophage SPP1) reference strain

2LFP; 5A20; 5A21

COMPL_BPT5

Escherichia phage T5 (Enterobacteria phage T5) reference strain

Tail completion protein p143 (Tail protein p143)

2 entries

Tail assembly protein G (Gene product 14) (gp14) (Gene product G) (gpG) (Minor tail protein G) (Tail assembly chaperone) (TAC)

G_BPN15

Escherichia phage N15 (Bacteriophage N15) reference strain

G_LAMBD

Escherichia phage lambda (Bacteriophage lambda) reference strain

Tail assembly protein G (Gene product G) (gpG) (Minor tail protein G) (Tail assembly chaperone) (TAC)

2 entries

Chaperone protein gp12 (Gene product 12) (gp12)

GP12_BPLSK

Lactococcus phage SK1 (Lactococcus lactis bacteriophage SK1) reference strain

Chaperone protein gp12 (Gene product 12) (gp12) (Probable chaperone protein gp12)

GP12_BPLP2

Lactococcus phage p2 (Lactococcus lactis bacteriophage p2)

3D8L

2 entries

Morphogenesis protein 1 (Gene product 13) (gp13) (Protein p13)

GP13_BPPH2

Bacillus phage phi29 (Bacteriophage phi-29) reference strain

3CSQ; 3CSR; 3CSZ; 3CT0; 3CT1; 3CT5

GP13_BPPZA

Bacillus phage PZA (Bacteriophage PZA)

1 entry

Baseplate hub assembly protein gp26 (Gene product 26) (gp26) (Hub protein 26)

1 entry

Baseplate hub assembly protein gp28 (Gene product 28) (gp28)

1 entry

Putative sheath terminator protein (Gene product 38) (gp38)

1 entry

Tail fiber assembly helper protein (Gene product 57) (gp57)

2 entries

Protein 7.3 (Gene product 7.3) (Gp7.3)

GP73_BPT7

Escherichia phage T7 (Bacteriophage T7) reference strain

9JYZ

GP73_BPT3

Enterobacteria phage T3 (Bacteriophage T3)

Protein 7.3 (Gene product 7.3) (Gp7.3) (Host specificity protein B)

2 entries

Tail assembly protein GT (Gene product 15) (gp15) (Gene product GT) (gpGT) (Minor tail protein GT)

GT_BPN15

Escherichia phage N15 (Bacteriophage N15) reference strain

GT_LAMBD

Escherichia phage lambda (Bacteriophage lambda) reference strain

2 entries

Pre-baseplate central spike protein Gp5 (Pre-Gp5) (Peptidoglycan hydrolase gp5) (EC 3.2.1.17)

NEEDL_BPKVM

Vibrio phage KVP40 (isolate Vibrio parahaemolyticus/Japan/Matsuzaki/1991) (KVP40) (Bacteriophage KVP40) reference strain

Protein Gp5

NEEDL_BPT4

Enterobacteria phage T4 (Bacteriophage T4) reference strain

1K28; 1PDL; 1WTH; 2Z6B; 3A1M; 4JIV; 4JIW; 4JJ2; 4KU0; 4OSD; 5IV5; 6P1Z; 6P20; 6P22; 6P2A; 6XC0; 6XC1; 7CN7

1 entry

Spike protein (Baseplate assembly protein gpV) (Gene V protein) (GpV)

2 entries

Probable tail assembly protein gp41 (Gene product 41) (gp41) (Tail assembly chaperone)

TAP_BPMU

Escherichia phage Mu (Bacteriophage Mu) reference strain

TAP_BPP2

Escherichia phage P2 (Bacteriophage P2) reference strain

Tail assembly protein E (Gene product E) (gpE) (Tail assembly chaperone) (TAC)

2 entries

Tail assembly protein Gp25 (Gene 25 protein) (Gp25)

TAP25_BPMD2

Mycobacterium phage D29 (Mycobacteriophage D29) reference strain

TAP25_BPML5

Mycobacterium phage L5 (Mycobacteriophage L5) reference strain

1 entry

Baseplate hub assembly protein gp51 (Gene product 51) (gp51) (Hub assembly chaperone gp51) (Tail assembly protein gp51)

2 entries

Probable tail assembly protein FS-gp41

TAPFS_BPMU

Escherichia phage Mu (Bacteriophage Mu) reference strain

TAPFS_BPP2

Escherichia phage P2 (Bacteriophage P2) reference strain

Tail assembly protein E' (Gene product E') (gpE') (Tail assembly chaperone) (TAC)

5 entries

Probable tail fiber assembly protein (P37)

TFA_BPAPS

Acyrthosiphon pisum secondary endosymbiont phage 1 (Bacteriophage APSE-1) reference strain

TFA_BPP2

Escherichia phage P2 (Bacteriophage P2) reference strain

Probable tail fiber assembly protein (GpG)

TFA_BPSF5

Shigella phage SfV (Shigella flexneri bacteriophage V) (Bacteriophage SfV) reference strain

TFA_BPT4

Enterobacteria phage T4 (Bacteriophage T4) reference strain

Tail fiber assembly protein (Gene product 38) (gp38) (Receptor recognizing protein)

TFA_LAMBD

Escherichia phage lambda (Bacteriophage lambda) reference strain

Tail fiber assembly protein

2 entries

Tail tip assembly protein I

TIPI_BPN15

Escherichia phage N15 (Bacteriophage N15) reference strain

Tail tip assembly protein I (Gene product 20) (gp20)

TIPI_LAMBD

Escherichia phage lambda (Bacteriophage lambda) reference strain

8IYK; 8IYL; 8K35; 8XCG

3 entries

Tip attachment protein J (Central tail fiber) (CTF) (gpJ protein)

TIPJ_LAMBD

Escherichia phage lambda (Bacteriophage lambda) reference strain

Tip attachment protein J (Central tail fiber) (Host specificity protein J) (gpJ protein)

8IYK; 8IYL; 8JVM; 8K35; 8XCG; 8XCI; 8XCJ; 8XCK

TIPJ_BPS27

Escherichia phage SECphi27

TIPJ_BPSE4

Escherichia phage SECphi4

2 entries

Tail tip assembly protein K (Gene product 19) (gp19) (Probable endopeptidase) (EC 3.4.-.-) (Tail assembly protein K)

TIPK_BPN15

Escherichia phage N15 (Bacteriophage N15) reference strain

TIPK_LAMBD

Escherichia phage lambda (Bacteriophage lambda) reference strain

Tail tip assembly protein K (Probable endopeptidase) (EC 3.4.-.-) (Tail assembly protein K)

2 entries

Tail tip protein L

TIPL_BPN15

Escherichia phage N15 (Bacteriophage N15) reference strain

Tail tip protein L (Gene product 18) (gp18)

TIPL_LAMBD

Escherichia phage lambda (Bacteriophage lambda) reference strain

8IYK; 8IYL; 8K35; 8XCG

1 entry

Tail tip protein M

20 entries

Probable tape measure protein (TMP)

TMP_BPBMU

Burkholderia phage BcepMu (isolate -/United States/Summer/2002) (Bacteriophage BcepMu) reference strain

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 44) (gp44)

TMP_BPDP1

Pneumococcus phage Dp-1 (Bacteriophage Dp-1) reference strain

Tape measure protein (TMP)

TMP_BPFO1

Salmonella phage Felix O1 (isolate Felix O1-VT1) (Bacteriophage Felix O1) reference strain

TMP_BPHA1

Halomonas phage phiHAP-1 (isolate -/Gulf of Mexico/-/2001) (Bacteriophage phiHAP-1) reference strain

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 23) (gp23)

TMP_BPHC1

Haemophilus phage HP1 (strain HP1c1) (Bacteriophage HP1) reference strain

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 27) (gp27)

TMP_BPLC2

Lactococcus phage c2 reference strain

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 110) (gp110)

TMP_BPLSK

Lactococcus phage SK1 (Lactococcus lactis bacteriophage SK1) reference strain

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 14) (gp14)

TMP_BPMU

Escherichia phage Mu (Bacteriophage Mu) reference strain

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 42) (gp42) (Gene product Y) (gpY)

9KI1

TMP_BPN15

Escherichia phage N15 (Bacteriophage N15) reference strain

Tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 16) (gp16)

TMP_BPP2

Escherichia phage P2 (Bacteriophage P2) reference strain

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product T) (gpT)

TMP_BPPAJ

Pseudomonas phage PAJU2 reference strain

Tape measure protein (TMP) (ORF10 protein) (Structural protein 1)

TMP_BPPCD

Clostridium phage phiCD119 (strain Clostridium difficile/United States/Govind/2006) (Bacteriophage phiCD119) reference strain

TMP_BPPHC

Streptomyces phage phiC31 (Bacteriophage phi-C31) reference strain

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 43) (gp43)

TMP_BPSPB

Bacillus phage SPbeta (Bacillus phage SPBc2) (Bacteriophage SP-beta) reference strain

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Transglycosylase) (EC 4.2.2.n1)

TMP_BPSPP

Bacillus phage SPP1 (Bacteriophage SPP1) reference strain

Tail tape measure protein gp18 (Gene product 18) (gp18)

TMP_BPT1

Escherichia phage T1 (Bacteriophage T1) reference strain

Tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 38) (gp38)

9L9P

TMP_BPT4

Enterobacteria phage T4 (Bacteriophage T4) reference strain

Tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 29) (gp29) (Tail length regulator)

TMP_BPT5

Escherichia phage T5 (Enterobacteria phage T5) reference strain

Tape measure protein pb2 precursor (TMP-pb2) (Pore-forming protein pb2) (Tail protein pb2)

7ZHJ; 7ZN2; 7ZQB; 7ZQP

TMP_LAMBD

Escherichia phage lambda (Bacteriophage lambda) reference strain

Tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product H) (gpH) (Minor tail protein H)

8IYK; 8IYL; 8K35

TMP_BPLP2

Lactococcus phage p2 (Lactococcus lactis bacteriophage p2)

Probable tape measure protein (TMP) (Gene product 14) (gp14)

1 entry

Probable tail terminator protein (TrP) (Gene product 37) (gp37) (Gene product K) (gpK)

5 entries

Probable tail terminator protein (Gene product 10) (gp10)

TTTP_BPLSK

Lactococcus phage SK1 (Lactococcus lactis bacteriophage SK1) reference strain

TTTP_BPN15

Escherichia phage N15 (Bacteriophage N15) reference strain

Tail tube terminator protein (TrP) (Gene product 12) (gp12) (Tail-to-head joining protein) (THJP)

TTTP_BPT5

Escherichia phage T5 (Enterobacteria phage T5) reference strain

Tail tube terminator protein p142 (TrP-142) (Tail protein p142) (Tail-to-head joining protein p142) (THJP)

8BCP; 8BCU; 9ILV; 9IMH

TTTP_LAMBD

Escherichia phage lambda (Bacteriophage lambda) reference strain

Tail tube terminator protein (TrP) (Gene product U) (gpU) (Minor tail protein U) (Tail sheath-stabilizing protein) (Tail-to-head joining protein) (THJP)

1Z1Z; 3FZ2; 3FZB; 8IYD; 8K37; 8XOW; 8XPM; 8XQB

TTTP_BPLP2

Lactococcus phage p2 (Lactococcus lactis bacteriophage p2)

1 entry

Tail tube protein (TTP) (Gene product V) (gpV) (Major tail protein V)

2 entries

Tail fiber assembly protein U (Gene product 50) (gp50) (Gene product U) (gpU)

U1_BPMU

Escherichia phage Mu (Bacteriophage Mu) reference strain

5YVQ

U1_BPP1

Escherichia phage P1 (Bacteriophage P1) reference strain

Tail fiber assembly protein U (Gene product U) (gpU)

2 entries

Tail fiber assembly protein U' (Gene product U') (gpU')

U2_BPMU

Escherichia phage Mu (Bacteriophage Mu) reference strain

U2_BPP1

Escherichia phage P1 (Bacteriophage P1) reference strain

2 entries

Tail assembly protein Gp24 (Gene product 24) (Gp24) (Minor tail protein Gp24)

VG24_BPMD2

Mycobacterium phage D29 (Mycobacteriophage D29) reference strain

VG24_BPML5

Mycobacterium phage L5 (Mycobacteriophage L5) reference strain