UniProt functional annotation for P26747

UniProt code: P26747.

Organism: Salmonella phage P22 (Bacteriophage P22).
Taxonomy: Viruses; Duplodnaviria; Heunggongvirae; Uroviricota; Caudoviricetes; Caudovirales; Podoviridae; Lederbergvirus.
 
Function: Self-assembles to form an icosahedral capsid with a T=7 symmetry. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21220301, ECO:0000305|PubMed:31068429}.
 
Subunit: Interacts (via N-terminus) with the capsid assembly scaffolding protein (via C-terminus); capsid proteins and scaffolding proteins form building blocks that assemble to form the procapsid. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24600011, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9680476}.
Subcellular location: Virion {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20223221, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24836025}. Note=Forms the capsid icosahedric shell. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20223221, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24836025}.
Domain: The insertion domain (I domain) plays an important role in the folding of the capsid protein by acting as an intramolecular chaperone. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24126914, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24836025}.
Similarity: Belongs to the P22 phage major capsid protein family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.