Sunday, 31 August 2014

Working hypothesis on Mycobacteriophage Receptors

 


 

If  mycobacteriophages L5, D29, Bxz2 and TM4  are capable to growth on Mycobaterium smegmatis MC2 155 and on Mycobacterium ulcerans then these mycobacteria must have the same receptor  or a different receptor for each of  these mycobacteriophage.


Phage..M.ulcerans Receptor (R1) ...M.smegmatis Receptor(R2)

L5..................... R1L5................................................ R2L5


D29................. R1D29.............................................. R2D29


Bxz2............... R1Bxz2............................................. R2Bxz2


TM4 ...............R1TM4.............................................. R2TM4


Suppositions:

M.ulcerans Receptor(R1) 

 
1)R1L5,R1D29,R1Bxz2,R1TM4 (the receptor is the same)
or
R1L5,R1D29,R1Bxz2,R1TM4 (the receptors are different one another).


M.smegmatis Receptor(R2)

 
2)R2L5,R2D29,R2Bxz2,R2TM4 (the receptor is the same)
or
R2L5,R2D29,R2Bxz2,R2TM4 (the receptors are different one another).


Combination:

3)R1L5,R1D29,R1Bxz2,R1TM4 and R2L5,R2D29,R2Bxz2,R2TM4 (the receptor is the same)
or
R1L5,R1D29,R1Bxz2,R1TM4 and R2L5,R2D29,R2Bxz2,R2TM4
(the receptors are different one another).