Part:BBa_K4268000

S-TIP37 Head-Tail Connector

Usage and Biology

S-Tip 37 is a T7-like cyanophage.T7-like phages are a bacteriophage that virally infects its host via a lytic life cycle. This bacteriophage is characterized by a complex symmetrical structure that has a few major structures: an icosahedral capsid (head) that houses the phage's virus, six tail-like fibers responsible for attachment to its host, and a "neck" region.

This part is a part of a collection that codes for a ghost phage that can be used to immobilize or deliver substances, to synech.. for emerging chassis in synthetic biology.

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The Head-Tail Connector is a part that codes for the "neck" region of a T7-like phage. The "neck" serves many purposes such as binding the icosahedral capsid to the tail-like fibers. It contains the molecular machinery that is responsible for injecting its content into the cyanobacteria.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]

  Illegal NheI site found at 346
  
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]