UniProt functional annotation for P19062

UniProt code: P19062.

Organism: Enterobacteria phage T4 (Bacteriophage T4).
Taxonomy: Viruses; Duplodnaviria; Heunggongvirae; Uroviricota; Caudoviricetes; Caudovirales; Myoviridae; Tevenvirinae; Tequatrovirus.
 
Function: Intermediate baseplate protein. Involved in the tail assembly. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15315755, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27193680, ECO:0000303|PubMed:21129200}.
 
Subunit: Homodimer (PubMed:2403438, PubMed:19896486, PubMed:27193680). Interacts with gp7. Part of the baseplate macromolecular complex which consists of gp5, gp5.4, gp27 (central spike complex); gp6, gp25, gp53 (inner baseplate); gp7, gp8 (intermediate baseplate); gp9, gp10, gp11, gp12 (peripheral); gp48 and gp54 (proximal region of the tail tube). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19896486, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27193680}.
Subcellular location: Virion {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2403438, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27193680}. Note=Present in 12 copies in the baseplate. {ECO:0000303|PubMed:21129200}.
Induction: Expressed in the late phase of the viral replicative cycle. {ECO:0000305}.
Similarity: Belongs to the tevenvirinae baseplate structural protein gp8 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.