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Table 2 Chaperones involved in the assembly of the tail, tail fibers and attachment of the fibers to the phage particle 7172343446274.

From: Morphogenesis of the T4 tail and tail fibers

Protein

Monomer mass (kDa)

Oligomeric state in solution

Function

Protein Data Bank accession code

gp8

38.0

Dimer

Folding of gp6

1N7Z

gp26

23.9

ND*

Hub assembly chaperone

 

gp51

29.3

ND

Hub assembly chaperone

 

gp57A

5.7

Mixture: Trimer-Hexamer-Dodecamer

Folding of gp12, gp34, gp37

 

gp38

22.3

ND

Folding of gp37

 

gpwac

51.9

Trimer

LTF¶ to baseplate attachment

1AA0

gp63

45.3

ND

LTF to baseplate attachment

 
  1. * ND, not determined.
  2. ¶ LTF, long tail fiber.