› 1n8b

X-ray diffraction
2.9Å resolution

Bacteriophage T4 baseplate structural protein gp8

Released:
DOI: 10.2210/pdb1n8b/pdb
PDB entry 1n8b coloured by chain, front view.
PDB entry 1n8b coloured by chain, side view.
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Source organism: Escherichia virus T4
Primary publication:
Structure and location of gene product 8 in the bacteriophage T4 baseplate.
Leiman PG, Shneider MM, Kostyuchenko VA, Chipman PR, Mesyanzhinov VV, Rossmann MG
J Mol Biol 328 821-33 (2003)
PMID: 12729757

Function and Biology Details

Biochemical function:
  • not assigned
Biological process:
Cellular component:
Sequence domains:
Structure domain:

Structure analysis Details

Assembly composition:
homo dimer (preferred)
Assembly name:
PDBe Complex ID:
PDB-CPX-148488 (preferred)
Entry contents:
1 distinct polypeptide molecule
Macromolecule:
Baseplate wedge protein gp8 Chains: A, B, C, D
Molecule details ›
Chains: A, B, C, D
Length: 334 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 38.04 KDa
Source organism: Escherichia virus T4
Expression system: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
UniProt:
  • Canonical: P19062 (Residues: 1-334; Coverage: 100%)
Gene name: 8
Sequence domains: Bacteriophage T4, Gp8
Structure domains:

Ligands and Environments

1 bound ligand:
Ligand BR 40 x BR
No modified residues

Experiments and Validation Details

Entry percentile scores
X-ray source: APS BEAMLINE 14-BM-C
Spacegroup: P1
Unit cell:
a: 65.203Å b: 65.766Å c: 79.647Å
α: 93.04° β: 100.32° γ: 91.93°
R-values:
R R work R free
0.224 0.222 0.3
Expression system: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

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Citations

6 review citations

Morphogenesis of the T4 tail and tail fibers.
Leiman et al. (2010)
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