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Tectivirus
Family of viruses From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tectiviridae is a family of viruses with 12 species in five genera. Bacteria serve as natural hosts.[2][3] Tectiviruses have no head-tail structure, but are capable of producing tail-like tubes of ~ 60×10 nm upon adsorption or after chloroform treatment. The name is derived from Latin tectus (meaning 'covered').[4]
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Virology

The virions of Tectiviridae species are non-enveloped, icosahedral and display a pseudo T=25 symmetry.[2] The capsid has two layers. The outer layer is a protein structure of 240 capsid proteins trimers, and the inner one is a proteinaceous lipid membrane which envelopes the virus genome. Apical spikes extending about 20 nanometers (nm) protrude from the icosahedrons vertices.[citation needed]
The genome is a single molecule of linear double-stranded DNA of 15 kilobases in length, and has 30 open reading frames.[2] It forms a tightly packed coil and encodes several structural proteins. It encodes about 30 proteins that are transcribed in operons. At least 9 structural proteins are present in the viron. The genome is about 66 megadaltons in weight and constitutes 14–15% of the virion by weight. Lipids constitute a further 15% by weight. Carbohydrates are not present.[citation needed]
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Life cycle
Viral replication is cytoplasmic. Entry into the host cell is achieved by adsorption into the host cell.[2] After adsorption to the host cell surface the virion extrudes a tail-tube structure through a vertex for genome delivery into the host. Replication follows the DNA strand displacement model. DNA-templated transcription is the method of transcription.[2] Capsid proteins polymerize around a lipoprotein vesicle translocated in the cytoplasm by virion assembly factors.
Mature virons are released by lysis, which, in the case of PRD1, is achieved with the aid of virus-encoded lysis machinery consisting of four proteins: P15 (endolysin),[5] P35 (holin),[6] P36 and P37 (homologues of the Rz/Rz1 proteins of phage lambda).[7]
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Taxonomy
Tectiviridae contains the following genera and species:[3]
- Alphatectivirus
- Alphatectivirus PR4
- Alphatectivirus PRD1
- Betatectivirus
- Betatectivirus AP50
- Betatectivirus Bam35
- Betatectivirus GIL16
- Betatectivirus sato
- Betatectivirus sole
- Betatectivirus Wip1
- Deltatectivirus
- Deltatectivirus forthebois
- Deltatectivirus wheeheim
- Epsilontectivirus
- Epsilontectivirus toil
- Gammatectivirus
- Gammatectivirus GC1
Other unassigned phages:[8]
- Thermus virus phiKo
- Microbacterium virus Badulia
- Microbacterium virus MuffinTheCat
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