R. Meškys

The Lord of the Rings: Cysteine bonds crosslink the tail of siphovirus

Long, non‐contractile tails composed of helical hexameric protein repeats that assemble into continuous tubular structures characterize siphoviruses. The siphovirus tail tube protein gp39 contains two cysteine residues per monomer. Cryo‐electron microscopy revealed that these cysteines are oriented toward the interface...