Fig. 1: Comparison of the cryo-EM structures of the tail tip complex of phages T5 and DT57C.

a Tail tip of phage T5 before (left) and after (right) interaction with the receptor⁴ and b of phage DT57C from full (left) or empty (right) tails (from Fig 6 ⁵). In a, b, the presence of the TMP and TMP_Cter are indicated.