HMM Summary Page: TIGR01541

AccessionTIGR01541
Nametape_meas_lam_C
Functionphage tail tape measure protein, lambda family
Trusted Cutoff104.75
Domain Trusted Cutoff104.75
Noise Cutoff20.95
Domain Noise Cutoff20.95
Isology Typeequivalog_domain
HMM Length332
Mainrole CategoryMobile and extrachromosomal element functions
Subrole CategoryProphage functions
Gene Ontology TermGO:0005198: structural molecule activity molecular_function
GO:0016032: viral reproduction biological_process
GO:0019012: virion cellular_component
AuthorFouts DE, Haft DH
Entry DateJun 10 2002 4:21PM
Last ModifiedFeb 14 2011 3:27PM
CommentThis HMM represents a relatively well-conserved region near the C-terminus of the tape measure protein of a lambda and related phage. This protein, which controls phage tail length, is typically about 1000 residues in length. Both low-complexity sequence and insertion/deletion events appear common in this family. Mutational studies suggest a ruler or template role in the determination of phage tail length. Similar behavior is attributed to proteins from distantly related or unrelated families in other phage.
ReferencesRN [1] RM 6096021 RT Length determination in bacteriophage lambda tails. RA Katsura I, Hendrix RW. RL Cell 1984 Dec;39(3 Pt 2):691-8 DR EXPERIMENTAL; SP|P03736; phage lambda
Genome PropertyGenProp0208: phage: major features (HMM)