Member database | NCBIfam (includes TIGRFAMs) |
NCBIfam type | family |
Short name | psiM2_ORF9 |
Description
This HMM represents the C-terminal region of a set of phage proteins typically about 400-500 amino acids in length, although some members are considerably shorter. Most proteins in this family have an apparent P-loop nucleotide-binding sequence toward the N-terminus, consistent with the ATPase activity of phage terminase large subunit (TerL). The assignment as TerL is suggested by gene context in numerous phage as well as by homology to better characterized families of TerL.
References
1. Molecular analysis of Methanobacterium phage psiM2. Pfister P, Wasserfallen A, Stettler R, Leisinger T. Mol. Microbiol. 30, 233-44, (1998). View articlePMID: 9791169
2. Characterization of the dsDNA prophage sequences in the genome of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and visualization of productive bacteriophage. Piekarowicz A, Klyz A, Majchrzak M, Adamczyk-Poplawska M, Maugel TK, Stein DC. BMC Microbiol 7, 66, (2007). PMID: 17615066