1. Cryo-electron microscopy three-dimensional structure of the jumbo phage ΦRSL1 infecting the phytopathogen Ralstonia solanacearum
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Takeru Kawasaki, Maria Bacia, Grégory Effantin, Takashi Yamada, Ryosuke Hamasaki, Winfried Weissenhorn, Guy Schoehn, Christine Moriscot, Unit for Virus Host-Cell Interactions [Grenoble] (UVHCI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-European Molecular Biology Laboratory [Grenoble] (EMBL)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Centre Science des Matériaux et des Structures (SMS-ENSMSE), École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (Mines Saint-Étienne MSE), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Unité Mixte de Thérapie Cellulaire et Tissulaire, CHU Grenoble, Unité de Biochimie des Cancers et Biothérapies, Institut de biologie structurale (IBS - UMR 5075 ), Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-European Molecular Biology Laboratory [Grenoble] (EMBL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
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Models, Molecular ,MESH: Protein Structure, Quaternary ,Cryo-electron microscopy ,MESH: Ralstonia solanacearum ,Myoviridae ,03 medical and health sciences ,Protein structure ,Capsid ,Structural Biology ,MESH: Capsid ,Bacteriophages ,MESH: Bacteriophages ,MESH: Viral Tail Proteins ,Protein Structure, Quaternary ,Molecular Biology ,MESH: Capsid Proteins ,030304 developmental biology ,Appendage ,Host cell surface ,0303 health sciences ,Ralstonia solanacearum ,[SDV.BBM.BS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Structural Biology [q-bio.BM] ,biology ,030306 microbiology ,Cryoelectron Microscopy ,Viral Tail Proteins ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,Biophysics ,Capsid Proteins ,MESH: Cryoelectron Microscopy ,MESH: Models, Molecular ,Bacteria - Abstract
International audience; ϕRSL1 jumbo phage belongs to a new class of viruses within the Myoviridae family. Here, we report its three-dimensional structure determined by electron cryo microscopy. The icosahedral capsid, the tail helical portion, and the complete tail appendage were reconstructed separately to resolutions of 9 Å, 9 Å, and 28 Å, respectively. The head is rather complex and formed by at least five different proteins, whereas the major capsid proteins resemble those from HK97, despite low sequence conservation. The helical tail structure demonstrates its close relationship to T4 sheath proteins and provides evidence for an evolutionary link of the inner tail tube to the bacterial type VI secretion apparatus. Long fibers extend from the collar region, and their length is consistent with reaching the host cell surface upon tail contraction. Our structural analyses indicate that ϕRSL1 is an unusual member of the Myoviridae that employs conserved protein machines related to different phages and bacteria.
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- 2012