DNA packaging and the pathway of bacteriophage T4 head assembly.
A cold-sensitive mutation in the structural gene for a minor phage T4 capsid protein (p20) leads to formation of heads containing p20 and cleaved head proteins and empty of DNA. Such heads can be filled with DNA and converted to active phages in vivo uponshift to high temperature. It appears that p20 has two distinct roles in head assembly: first, in construction of the prehead shell (blocked by ts and am mutation) and, second,in DNA packaging (blocked by cs mutation). The latter function is closely associated with gene 17 product, previously known to be required for DNA packagaing. Temperature shift studies of cs-ts double mutants and other observations allow determination of phage function required for DNA packaging. Contrary to previous proposals, we find that T4 DNA packaging is not directly coupled to and can follow DNA synthesis, protein cleavage, prehead core removal, and gene 21-mediated cleavage-induced increase in head volume. Our evidence suggests that an altered head assembly pathway exists and that DNA packaging is probably initiated by DNA-capsid (p20) interaction.
D003090:Coliphages / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009154:Mutation; D013696:Temperature; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins
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