Mapping of functional sites on the primary structure of the tail lysozyme of bacteriophage T4 by mutational analysis.

doi:10.1016/s0167-4838(98)00016-8

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Mapping of functional sites on the primary structure of the tail lysozyme of bacteriophage T4 by mutational analysis.

Biochimica et biophysica acta - 19 May 1998

Takeda S, Hoshida K, Arisaka F

Abstract excerpt

Tail lysozyme of bacteriophage T4, product of gene 5 (gp5), functions upon infection by locally digging a hole in the peptidoglycan layer, so that the tail tube, through which the phage DNA is injected, can penetrate to the inner membrane. It has been inferred from DNA sequence and expression of...

Topics

Bacteriophage T4
DNA Mutational Analysis
Escherichia coli
Hot Temperature
Muramidase
Phenotype
Structure-Activity Relationship
Viral Proteins

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