| Primary Identifier | IPR034697 | Type | Family |
| Short Name | GP7_T4 |
| description | This family includes baseplate wedge protein gp7 (gp7) from bacteriophage T4 and its relatives. Contractile tail bacteriophages use a multiprotein tubular apparatus resembling a coiled spring wound round a rigid tube to attach to and penetrate host cell membranes. The structure known as the baseplate replays the contraction signal to the sheath [, ]. gp7 is an intermediate (or inner) baseplate protein involved in tail assembly []. It also forms a complex with gp25 and two molecules of gp6 which is involved in sheath contraction []. |
