Fig. 2: Presence of a hexameric structure in the lumen of the tail tube. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Presence of a hexameric structure in the lumen of the tail tube.

From: Reply to: About proteins of a siphophage tail tip complex reverting to their pre-ejection fold after DNA ejection

Fig. 2

a Left: cross-section at the second tail tube protein ring level from the tail tip in our reconstruction of pre-ejection bacteriophages (EMD-34955). Right: side view of the same region. The unsharpened reconstruction is shown. The hexameric structure is consistent with previous literature indicating that six copies of the bulk of the TMP are present in each phage. b Same region as in (a) but showing map EMD-14869 by Linares et al., who dismissed the possibility of six copies of the large TMP fragment in the tail tube of purified T5 tails.

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