title: Sequence analysis and expression of the filamentous phage phi Lf gene I encoding a 48-kDa protein associated with host cell membrane.
abstract: One viral strand of phi Lf, a filamentous phage of Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris, the open reading frame (ORF440) behind gene VI was identified as gene I. This gene codes for pI protein (440 aa, 48 kDa) which was shown to be membrane-bound in the phi Lf-infected host cell by Western blot analysis using the antibody raised against the protein expressed in Escherichia coli. Its predicted amino acid sequence has a nucleotide-binding motif in the N-terminal 97 aa and a membrane-spanning domain (aa 221 to 236). These structural features are characteristic of pIs of several filamentous phages which are transmembrane proteins required for phage assembly. Thus far, nine phi Lf genes have been identified which are organized in the order GII-gX-gV-gVII-gIX-gVIII-gIII-gVI-gI, similar to the genome organization of E. coli filamentous phages.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000737:chemistry*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D005814:Genes, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D016959:Xanthomonas campestris / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C112229:gene I protein, bacteriophage phi-Lf