Protein Domain : Bacteriophage lambda, Tail fiber protein, repeat-2 IPR005068

Type	Repeat
Description	This entry represents repeat 2 of Tail fiber protein from Bacteriophage lambda (Stf or gp27) and similar proteins found in the tailed bacteriophages Caudovirales and in bacterial prophages. The repeats are about 40 residues long.The strain of the Bacteriophage lambda used in most laboratories in the early 1990's carried some mutations respect to the wild type. Stf is the gene product of one of these mutations, which allow the virus to bind to an additional outer membrane receptor and accelerate the rate of adsorption onto the host cell surface but a higher failed infection frequency [ , ]. This repeat is also found in Tail fiber protein H (K) [ ] and Tail fiber protein S (S) [].
Short Name	Phage_lambda_Stf-r2