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Published in final edited form as: Adv Virus Res. 2012;83:219–298. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394438-2.00006-2

TABLE V.

P22 intraphage protein interactions

P22 1 P22 2 Description References
gp3 gp3 Small terminase subunit; homononomer in solution Nemecek et al., 2007, 2008
gp3 gp2 Purify as complex; bind each other in vitro Nemecek et al., 2007; Poteete and Botstein, 1979
gp2 gp1 gp2 is large terminase subunit; assembles in packaging motor to gp1 by analogy with other phages (gp2 by itself is monomer in solution); evolutionary argument for P22 gp2–gp1 interaction Casjens, 2011
gp1 gp1 Portal protein; homododecamer; EM of 12-mer; EM of virion; X-ray structure Bazinet et al., 1988; Lander et al., 2006; Olia et al., 2011
gp1 gp5 Purify as complex (procapsids); three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions of virion and procapsid Botstein et al., 1973; Chen et al., 2011; Lander et al., 2006
gp1 gp8 gp8 required for assembly of gp1 into procapsid; interaction seen in procapsid 3D reconstruction Chen et al., 1989; Greene and King, 1996; Weigele et al., 2005
gp8 gp8 Scaffolding protein; forms homodimers and tetramers in solution Parker et al., 1997
gp8 gp5 Purify as complex (procapsid); bind in vitro Fuller and King, 1982; Greene and King, 1994; Parker et al., 1998
gp5 gp5 Coat (major capsid) protein; forms T=7 l icosahedral shell of virion Botstein et al., 1973; Casjens, 1979; Lander et al., 2006
gp5 gp1 Purify as complex (procapsids); interaction seen in 3D reconstruction Chen et al., 2011; Lander et al., 2006
gp4 gp4 Tail protein; monomer in solution (naturally unfolded?); gp4s barely touching each other in dodecamer ring in virion (i.e., contacts not large); EM, X-ray structure Olia et al., 2011; Tang et al., 2011
gp4 gp5 Contact in high-resolution 3D reconstruction of virion Olia et al., 2006, 2011; Tang et al., 2011
gp4 gp1 Order of assembly, EM, 3D reconstruction; X-ray cocrystal structure Olia et al., 2006, 2011; Tang et al., 2011
gp4 gp10 12 gp4s contact 6 gp10s; order of assembly, EM, 3D reconstruction Lander et al., 2006; Olia et al., 2007
gp4 gp9 gp4 ring contacts 6 gp9 trimers; 3D reconstruction Lander et al., 2006
gp10 gp10 Tail protein; probably hexamer in solution; 3D reconstruction Lander et al., 2006; Olia et al., 2007
gp10 gp9 6 gp4s contact 6 gp9 trimers; 3D reconstruction Lander et al., 2006
gp10 gp26 6 gp10s contact one gp26 trimer Landeret al., 2006
gp26 gp26 Tail needle protein; trimer in solution - crystal structure; one trimer in virion Olia et al., 2007
gp16 gp8 Mutants of gp8 do not incorporate gp16 into virion Chen et al., 1989; Greene and King, 1996; Weigele et al., 2005
C1 C1 C1 is homologue of λ CII; homotetramer Ho et al., 1992
Mnt Mnt Repressor of antirepressor gene; tetramer Nooren et al., 1999
Arc Arc Repressor of antirepressor gene; dimer in solution, tetramer on DNA Bowie and Sauer, 1989; Breg et al., 1990; Brown, Bowie and Sauer, 1990
Ant C2 Antirepressor; binds to and inhibits C2 repressor Susskind and Botstein, 1975
gp9 gp9 Tailspike protein; trimer in solution, 6 trimers in virion; crystal structure; binds to polysaccharide on cell surface Lander et al., 2006; Steinbacher et al., 1994, 1997
Int Xis Form heteromultimer Cho et al., 2002
Xis Xis Excisionase; homomultimers Mattis et al., 2008
Erf Erf Recombination protein; homomultimeric ring of 10–14 subunits Poteete et al., 1983
C3 C3 C3 is homologue of λ CIII; λ CIII is dimer by disulfide bond; P22 interaction by homology with λ CIII Halder et al., 2007
SieB Esc Similar to λ but not studied in detail Ranade and Poteete, 1993a
C2 C2 Prophage repressor homologue of λ CI; homodimer De Anda et al., 1983
Cro Cro Dimer; solution studies and crystal structure Darling et al., 2000; Newlove et al., 2004
gp18 gp12 Origin binding protein gp18 recruits DnaB-like gp12 to replication origin by analogy with λ (note that gp12 is not a homologue of λ P protein; gp18 is homologous to λ O protein only in N-terminal domain) Backhaus and Petri, 1984
Rz Rz1 Rz and Rz1 are supposed to bind to one another and form a bridge that spans the periplasm in phage λ; P22 gp15 and Rz1 should do the same by homology. Summer et al., 2007
gp13 gp13 Holin forms rings of large diameter in λ; by homology same should be true of P22 holin Savva et al., 2008
gp13 gp13′ Antiholin–holin interactions delay the formation of holin rings in λ; by homology same should be true in P22 Rennell and Poteete, 1985
Dec Dec Trimer; Note that P22 has no Dec, but its very close relative phage L does and L Dec binds to P22 capsids. Tang et al., 2006
Dec gp5 Dec occupies a subset of the quasi-equivalent local threefold positions on the shell Tang et al., 2006