title: Vibriophage KVP40 and coliphage T4 genomes share a homologous 7-kbp region immediately upstream of the gene encoding the major capsid protein.
abstract: Vibriophage KVP40, a large tailed DNA phage morphologically similar to T-even coliphages, has a major capsid protein (Mcp) homologous to the equivalent protein, gp23(*), of coliphage T4. The sequence analysis was extended to a 7-kbp region immediately upstream of the mcp gene encoding the precursor of Mcp. The region as a whole was fairly homologous to the corresponding region of the T4 genome and contained 8 ORFs homologous to T4 genes 17, 18, 19, 20, 67, 68, 21, and 22 in the same order as in T4. These findings thus strongly suggest that these two phages are phylogenetically related.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Kochi Medical School, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017122:Bacteriophage T4 / Q000235:genetics*; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics*; D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000821:virology*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D014771:Virion / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015678:Viral Structural Proteins