“…The reasons for and functions of local polymorphisms of the proteins are unclear, but they can be explained in part by evolution for optimal interaction with host proteins. gp0.7 is a serine/threonine protein kinase and phosphorylates translational components (IF1, IF2, IF3, elongation factor G, and ribosomal proteins S1 and S6), host RNAP Ј subunit, and enzymes related to mRNA metabolism (RNase III and RNase E), resulting in exclusive phage gene expression (41,43,48,55,57,58,65,81). gp6 is an exonuclease and contributes to the packaging of concatemerized phage DNA by suppressing the packaging of host DNA (69).…”