Short tail fiber protein gp12

UniProtKB accession:  P10930

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UniProtKB description:  Structural component of the short tail fiber. Adhesion protein that binds irreversibly to the lipopolysaccharides component (LPS) on the cell surface of Escherichia coli B strains during virus attachment. After at least three long tail fibers have bound, short tail fibers extend and bind irreversibly to the core region of the host cell LPS.