Table 1 Comparison of structural proteins in bacteriophage DT57C and bacteriophage T5 systems

From: Nearly complete structure of bacteriophage DT57C reveals architecture of head-to-tail interface and lateral tail fibers

Function (synonym)

Functional name

Protein band (pb)

DT57C gene product (NC_027356)

T5 homolog(NC_005859)

Degree of DT57C-T5 identity/similarity

Matching regions

Main capsid protein

MCP

pb8

gp121

gp149

95% / 97%

H97-like MCP fold (61-442)

Head decorating protein

DCP

pb10

gp123

gp151

62% / 63%

Hexon-binding (1–64); Ig-like (65-142)

Portal protein

PrtP

pb7

gp124

gp152

98% / 99%

Wing (1-175, 289-326); Stem (176-199, 256-288); Clip (200-255); Crown (327-378)

Head completion protein

HCP

gp120

gp148

97% / 99%

DI (1-43, 112-170); DII (44-111)

Tail completion protein

TCP

gp119

gp147

93% / 98%

DI (2-155)

Tail tube protein(main tail protein)

TTP

pb6

gp117

gp145

85% / 92%

DI (3-373), Ig-like (376-468)

Tape measure protein

TMP

pb2

gp113

gp140

67% / 78%

C-terminal coiled-coil (1192-1227)

Tail tip middle protein (tip middle protein)

TTMP

gp116

gp144

72% / 85%

DI (1-71, 100-125, 134-164); DII (85-99, 126-133, 165-197)

Distal tail protein

Dit

pb9

gp112

gp139

82% / 91%

DI (85-99, 126-133, 165-297); DII (334-378)

Tail tip hub protein

TTHP

pb3

gp111

gp138

84% / 93%

DI (1-163, 550-590, 658-711); DII (164-549, 591-657, 712-736); Ig-like DIII (737-949)

Central tail fiber protein (straight fiber)

CFP

pb4

gp110

gp137

77% / 87%

Ig-like DI (1-326); DII (327-461); DIII (462-685)

Receptor binding protein

RBP

pb5

gp128

gp157

31% / 43%

-

Lateral tail fiber protein A

LtfA

(pb1 in T5 only)

gp108, LtfA

gp133, Ltfa

22% / 35%

-

Lateral tail fiber protein B

LtfB

gp107

-

Lateral tail fiber assembly protein

LtfC

gp109

gp135, 136b

75% / 88%

DI (1-140)

  1. aOnly the N-terminal fragment of the LtfA protein in phage DT57C is homologous to the Ltf of phage T5.
  2. bOur sequence of DT57C suggests a frame shift error in the homolog reading frame of the LtfC T5 genome sequence (GenBank RefID 2777641).