a 2021

Structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infecting bacteriophage JBD30 solved by cryo-electron microscopy

VALENTOVÁ, Lucie, Tibor FÜZIK and Pavel PLEVKA

Basic information

Original name

Structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infecting bacteriophage JBD30 solved by cryo-electron microscopy

Authors

VALENTOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tibor FÜZIK (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Pavel PLEVKA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1st Student Conference in Structural Biology, 2021

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10607 Virology

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14740/21:00123923

Organization unit

Central European Institute of Technology

Keywords in English

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; bacteriophage JBD30; antibiotic resistance; cryo-electron microscopy; cryo-electron tomography

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Změněno: 24/1/2022 09:34, Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that causes acute and chronic infections, which can lead to life-threating septic shock. Treatment of these infections is further complicated by the ability of these bacteria to form biofilm. Biofilm serves as a shield through which the antibiotics cannot pass. Unlike antibiotics, bacteriophages are able to penetrate throug h biofilm, infect and kill bacterial cells. Here we present the structure of a bacteriophage JBD30 virion resolved by cryo- electron microscopy. Bacteriophage JBD30 belongs to the family Siphoviridae, order Caudovirales. Its virion is composed of non-enveloped icosahedral head of 60 nm in diameter connected via dodecameric portal with a non-contractile 180 nm long flexible tail. JBD30 tail is terminated with a baseplate embellished with side-tail fibres. Bacteriophage head is built from 415 copies of HK -97 l ike major capsid protein and further decorated on three-fold and quasi-three-fold axis with trimers of minor capsid protein. Data from cryo-electron tomography revealed that bacteriophage JBD30 uses the baseplate side-tail fibers for the attachment to its prey – bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. P. aeruginosa pili type IV, that grow only from bacterial cell pole, serve as a primary receptor for the bacteriophage JBD30. After binding to pili, phage is pulled towards the cell surface by pili retraction, injects its nucleic acid into the bacterium and starts its replication cycle.

Links

LL1906, research and development project
Name: Replikace fágů v bakteriálním biofilmu
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Phage replication in bacterial biofilm
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