Phage Tailspike Proteins with β-Solenoid Fold as Thermostable Carbohydrate Binding Materials
✍ Scribed by Stefanie Barbirz; Marion Becker; Alexander Freiberg; Robert Seckler
- Book ID
- 102473812
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 281 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1616-5187
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We have investigated the stability of three tailspike proteins (TSPs) from bacteriophages Sf6, P22, and HK620. Tailspikes are rod‐like homotrimers with comparable β‐solenoid folds and similarly high kinetic stability in spite of different amino acid sequences. As tailspikes bind polysaccharides to recognize the bacterial host cell, their stability is required for maintenance of bacteriophage infectivity under harsh extracellular conditions. They resist denaturation by SDS at ambient temperature and their unfolding is slow even in 6 M guanidinium hydrochloride (GdmHCl). This makes them interesting candidates for very stable carbohydrate binding protein materials.
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