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tail assembly chaperone

Link to this post \| posted 03 Jun, 2018 20:09
debbie	I think that we have missed a gene in these genomes. Look at the gap between upstream of the tape measure. I don't (yet) see the slippery sequence, but I think that is the T region of the G-T protein of a tail assembly chaperone.

Link to this post \| posted 17 Apr, 2019 17:38
NWCiowaSEAPHAGE	Are we annotating a frameshift for this cluster or waiting for more evidence? I'm assuming no for now since none of the ANs have annotated a frameshift? Edited 17 Apr, 2019 17:40

Link to this post \| posted 18 Apr, 2019 13:27
debbie	Sara, This is a timely question. This summer Welkin learned that siphoviridae do not have to have 2 tail assembly chaperone genes. Some can have one. Our evidence for phage Laila is that it has one. When we originally called these genomes, we assumed 2. I think that little gene between the TAC and TMP, gene 14, is real, but not necessarily a tail assembly chaperone (and therefore a hypothetical protein). Make sense? thanks for the question! debbie

Link to this post | posted 18 Apr, 2019 13:27

debbie

Sara,
This is a timely question. This summer Welkin learned that siphoviridae do not have to have 2 tail assembly chaperone genes. Some can have one. Our evidence for phage Laila is that it has one. When we originally called these genomes, we assumed 2. I think that little gene between the TAC and TMP, gene 14, is real, but not necessarily a tail assembly chaperone (and therefore a hypothetical protein).
Make sense?
thanks for the question!
debbie