Tailed bacterial viruses possess are able to enter bacterias by piercing host envelope with their tail. The latter can be long and contractile (e.g. Myoviridae), long and flexible (e.g. Siphoviridae) or short(e.g. Podoviridae).
Delivery into the cell cytoplasm requires ejection of the viral genome from the icosahedral capsid through the tail tube and/or a channel
.
Viral genome ejection through host cell envelope (kw:KW-1171)
The bacteriophage T4 DNA injection machine
Rossmann MG, Mesyanzhinov VV, Arisaka F, Leiman PG
Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2004 Apr;14(2):171-80
Rossmann MG, Mesyanzhinov VV, Arisaka F, Leiman PG
Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2004 Apr;14(2):171-80
Icosahedral bacteriophage phiX174 forms a tail for DNA transport during infection
Sun L1, Young LN2, Zhang X1, Boudko SP3, Fokine A4, Zbornik E4, Roznowski AP5, Molineux IJ6, Rossmann MG4, Fane BA
Nature. 2014 Jan 16;505(7483):432-5
Sun L1, Young LN2, Zhang X1, Boudko SP3, Fokine A4, Zbornik E4, Roznowski AP5, Molineux IJ6, Rossmann MG4, Fane BA
Nature. 2014 Jan 16;505(7483):432-5
Contractile tail machines of bacteriophages
Petr G Leiman, Mikhail M Shneider
Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 2012; 726: 93-114
Petr G Leiman, Mikhail M Shneider
Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 2012; 726: 93-114
Short noncontractile tail machines: adsorption and DNA delivery by podoviruses
Casjens SR, Molineux IJ
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2012;726:143-79
Casjens SR, Molineux IJ
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2012;726:143-79
A conformational switch in bacteriophage p22 portal protein primes genome injection
Zheng H, Olia AS, Gonen M, Andrews S, Cingolani G, Gonen T
Mol Cell. 2008 Feb 15;29(3):376-83
Zheng H, Olia AS, Gonen M, Andrews S, Cingolani G, Gonen T
Mol Cell. 2008 Feb 15;29(3):376-83
Channeling phage DNA through membranes: from in vivo to in vitro
Letellier L, Boulanger P, de Frutos M, Jacquot P
Res Microbiol. 2003 May;154(4):283-7
Letellier L, Boulanger P, de Frutos M, Jacquot P
Res Microbiol. 2003 May;154(4):283-7
Matching UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries
(all links/actions below point to uniprot.org website)0 entry grouped by strain