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This inhibition can induce a bacteriostatic state, which favours lysogeny. coli protease) by acting as a competitive inhibitor. The cIII protein acts to protect the cII protein from proteolysis by FtsH (a membrane-bound essential E.The extended transcripts (the 'late early' transcripts) include the N and cro genes along with cII and cIII genes, and xis, int, O, P and Q genes discussed later. This complex skips through most termination sequences. When RNA polymerase transcribes these regions, it recruits N and forms a complex with several host Nus proteins. The N protein is an antiterminator, and functions by engaging the transcribing RNA polymerase at specific sites of the nascently transcribed mRNA.N binds to the two Nut (N utilisation) sites, one in the N gene in the P L reading frame, and one in the cro gene in the P R reading frame. Cro binds to OR3, preventing access to the P RM promoter, preventing expression of the cI gene.Įarly activation events involving N protein It is not generally appreciated that the 12 bp lambda cohesive ends were the subject of the first direct nucleotide sequencing of a biological DNA. The single-strand viral DNA ends are ligated by host DNA ligase.
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The J protein interacts with the maltose outer membrane porin (the product of the lamB gene) of E. coli cell by means of its J protein in the tail tip. It must instead use an existing pathway to invade the host cell, having evolved the tip of its tail to interact with a specific pore to allow entry of its DNA to the hosts. Lambda phage is a non-contractile tailed phage, meaning during an infection event it cannot 'force' its DNA through a bacterial cell membrane. Lambda phage J protein interaction with the LamB porin This prophage may enter the lytic cycle when the lysogen enters a stressed condition. The host is termed a lysogen when a prophage is present. In this state, the λ DNA is called a prophage and stays resident within the host's genome without apparent harm to the host. However, under certain conditions, the phage DNA may integrate itself into the host cell chromosome in the lysogenic pathway. This is followed by cell lysis, releasing the cell contents, including virions that have been assembled, into the environment. Usually, a " lytic cycle" ensues, where the lambda DNA is replicated and new phage particles are produced within the cell. coli, causing DNA in the head of the phage to be ejected through the tail into the cytoplasm of the bacterial cell. During infection, the phage particle recognizes and binds to its host, E. The head contains the phage's double-strand linear DNA genome. The phage particle consists of a head (also known as a capsid), a tail, and tail fibers (see image of virus below). Lambda strains, mutated at specific sites, are unable to lysogenize cells instead, they grow and enter the lytic cycle after superinfecting an already lysogenized cell. The wild type of this virus has a temperate life cycle that allows it to either reside within the genome of its host through lysogeny or enter into a lytic phase, during which it kills and lyses the cell to produce offspring. It was discovered by Esther Lederberg in 1950. Bacteriophage Lambda Structural Model at Atomic Resolution Įnterobacteria phage λ ( lambda phage, coliphage λ, officially Escherichia virus Lambda) is a bacterial virus, or bacteriophage, that infects the bacterial species Escherichia coli ( E.