FEATURES

DESCRIPTION

Also known as WAC_BPT4, wac. Chaperone involved in tail fiber assembly and retraction. Acts as a chaperone helping to attach the long tail fibers to the virus during the assembly process. During phage assembly, twelve fibritin molecules attach to the phage neck via gp13: six molecules forming the collar and six molecules forming the whiskers. Homotrimer (PubMed:9261070, PubMed:15033360, PubMed:19361528). Interacts (via N-terminal domain) with neck protein gp13; this interaction allows attachment of the fibrous collar and wiskers (PubMed:23434847).

EXTERNAL LINKS

uniprot
enzyme classification

wac

Fibritin

wac

Molecular Synopsis