Divergence of an extracellular contractile injection system infectivity elucidated by high resolution structural studies of its tail-baseplate complex
Anindito Sen, Tsukasa Nakamura, Genki Tarashi, Veer S. Bhatt, Kyungho Kim, Shankararaman Chellam, Le Tran, Daisuke Kihara
The paper uses cryo-EM to determine the atomic structure of the P1 Tail Baseplate complex, revealing how its unique infection mechanism involves LTFs and baseplate movement.
bioRxiv · Jul 21, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics