title: Characteristics of a novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage, PAJU2, which is genetically related to bacteriophage D3.
abstract: Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage (phage) is one of the most taxonomically and genetically diverse phages. Although phage D3 is one of well-studied P. aeruginosa phages, no D3-related P. aeruginosa phage has been reported. We report a novel P. aeruginosa siphovirus, PAJU2, which is genetically related to but morphology distinct (highly elongated head) from phage D3. A PAJU2 capsid protein, Orf3, is thought to be synthesized as a protein fused to a prohead protease and is autocatalytically cleaved, which may form the head chain mail. Despite such morphological differences, PAJU2 is expected to be a useful genetic reference for phage D3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan.
authors.forename: Jumpei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rashel
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sumiyama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wakiguchi
authors.forename: Shigenobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D017105:Pseudomonas Phages / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000821:virology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins