Structural basis for the adsorption of a single-stranded RNA bacteriophage

Single-stranded RNA bacteriophages use a single maturation protein (Mat) to attach to a retractile pilus of the bacterial host. Here, the authors report the structures of the MS2 phage bound to the host receptor F-pili and define the orientations of Mat relative to the cell and emanating F-pili, pro...

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Main Authors: Ran Meng, Mengqiu Jiang, Zhicheng Cui, Jeng-Yih Chang, Kailu Yang, Joanita Jakana, Xinzhe Yu, Zhao Wang, Bo Hu, Junjie Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11126-8