Table 3.

Genes encoding virion proteins in BUCT603 identified by mass spectrometry.

No.	Predicted function	Gene no.	Mol.Mass (kDa)	No. of peptides	Coverage (%)	Protein score
1	Major capsid protein	gp60	43.04	51	40	6,516
2	Putative tail component protein	gp48	172.42	59	35	3,451
3	Phage tail protein	gp55	23.55	31	48	3,029
4	Phage portal protein	gp62	49.01	34	51	2,989
5	Ribonuclease H-like domain-containing protein	gp31	34.71	28	48	1,903
6	Phage gp6-like head-tail connector protein	gp59	15.93	17	83	1,432
7	Tail tape measure protein	gp52	117.73	46	35	992
8	Hypothetical protein	gp58	13.88	11	83	875
9	Hypothetical protein	gp56	14.72	7	62	435
10	Hypothetical protein	gp47	42.38	6	16	380
11	Hypothetical protein	gp51	13.83	11	51	348
12	Hypothetical protein	gp50	16.03	8	49	344
13	Hypothetical protein	gp45	23.07	5	29	311
14	Hypothetical protein	gp33	30.02	8	40	292
15	Hypothetical protein	gp19	11.86	5	23	55
16	Hypothetical protein	gp57	16.96	2	25	52
17	Hypothetical protein	gp44	17.63	1	11	50
18	Lysozyme	gp43	19.28	3	10	50
19	Hypothetical protein	gp18	21.92	2	14	49
20	Hypothetical protein	gp17	6.91	1	26	29
21	Hypothetical protein	gp32	30.39	1	3	27
22	Hypothetical protein	gp54	11.27	2	21	23
23	Hypothetical protein	gp07	21.47	2	11	20
24	Hypothetical protein	gp53	4.27	1	11	14