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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Elucidating the Role of gpW: an Essential Baseplate Protein in Bacteriophage P2

Fatehi Hassanabad, Mostafa 27 November 2013 (has links)
The long, contractile tails of myophages are the conduit for phage DNA transfer into the bacterial host cell and the most important part of the myophage tail is the baseplate; a complex structure, distal to the phage head. To better understand the structure and function of myophage baseplates, a component of the phage P2 baseplate, gpW was studied. This protein is widely conserved among myophages and is essential for the formation of infectious phage particles. Bioinformatic work confirmed that gpW homologues are found in almost all myophages and in many prophages. Moreover, gpW was shown to be a structural component of the virion; and, using electron microscopy, it was found to be at the top of the P2 baseplate. It was also found that some single residue substitutions can completely disrupt gpW function. Finally, evidence is presented that at least eight different proteins may be required to form intermediate P2 baseplate structures while other proteins may be necessary for the formation of stable baseplate complexes.
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Elucidating the Role of gpW: an Essential Baseplate Protein in Bacteriophage P2

Fatehi Hassanabad, Mostafa 27 November 2013 (has links)
The long, contractile tails of myophages are the conduit for phage DNA transfer into the bacterial host cell and the most important part of the myophage tail is the baseplate; a complex structure, distal to the phage head. To better understand the structure and function of myophage baseplates, a component of the phage P2 baseplate, gpW was studied. This protein is widely conserved among myophages and is essential for the formation of infectious phage particles. Bioinformatic work confirmed that gpW homologues are found in almost all myophages and in many prophages. Moreover, gpW was shown to be a structural component of the virion; and, using electron microscopy, it was found to be at the top of the P2 baseplate. It was also found that some single residue substitutions can completely disrupt gpW function. Finally, evidence is presented that at least eight different proteins may be required to form intermediate P2 baseplate structures while other proteins may be necessary for the formation of stable baseplate complexes.

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