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UMBC Phage Hunters Spring 2015

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StatusPageDate/TimeGO Term (Aspect)ReferenceEvidenceNotesLinks
updatedbyinstructorBPP2:BPJ2015-04-01 10:43:55 CDTGO:0098025 virus tail, baseplate (C)PMID:7483254ECO:0000314 direct assay evidence used in manual assertion

Researchers generated rabbit-based polyclonal antibodies against purified J proteins along with secondary antibodies of biotinylated anti-rabbit IgG conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (Amersham) with immunogold labeling. The results were observed using electron microscopy.

Figure 7 shows the presence of gold-conjugated antibodies at the side of the phage baseplate, which causes phage tails to clump together in 58 of the 78 total phage particles observed. The remaining samples were visualized with conjugated gold around the baseplate area. This allowed the researches to conclude with confidence that P2 protein J is a component of the baseplate.

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acceptableBPT4:TYSY2015-04-05 16:05:16 CDTGO:0004799 thymidylate synthase activity (F)PMID:894793ECO:0000315 mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertion

Experiments were performed on wild type T4 td and T4D td6 (a variant containing a missense mutation in the relevant region).

A concentration of ~10^13/ml phage ghost particles was collected and thymidylate synthetase activity measured using a radioactive assay of [3H dUMP] for two hours.

Table 1 demonstrates thymidylate synthase activity is significantly lower in the td6 mutant (< 0.01 mol/min) than the wild type (0.16 mol/min), indicating that the td gene in T4 phage is involved with thymidylate synthase activity.

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acceptable9CAUD:S5YCV52015-04-06 10:23:16 CDTGO:0004799 thymidylate synthase activity (F)GO_REF:0000100ECO:0000247 sequence alignment evidence used in manual assertion

Targeted BlastP of the Enterobacteriophage T4 td gene (T4p237) against myoviridae shows strong homology with conservation of thymidylate synthase function among hits. Bacillus phage troll gene TROLL_50 (ThyX) displays 99% query cover (Identity 38%) with an e-value of 8e-60, which is within threshold limits. Therefore, it reasonable to assume that the ThyX gene product has a similar thymidylate synthase function to the annotated Enterobacteria phage T4 cousin.

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Annotations challenged by Kelizabeth

StatusAuthor,GroupPageGO Term (Aspect)ReferenceEvidenceLinksPage history
unacceptableGjulie,
TeamGreen
9CAUD:S5Y020GO:0004170 - dUTP diphosphatase activity (F)GO_REF:0000100ECO:0000247 sequence alignment evidence used in manual assertionchallengeC: 1
unacceptableGjulie,
TeamGreen
9CAUD:S5Y020GO:0046080 - dUTP metabolic process (P)PMID:381286ECO:0000315 mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertionchallengeC: 2
unacceptableCsean,
TeamPurple
9CAUD:S5Y0M4GO:0098003 - viral tail assembly (P)other:GO_REF:0000100ECO:0000317 genomic context evidence used in manual assertionchallengeC: 1

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