Functional Sleuth - May 2010

A PSI target with unknown function

PDB 2A2O and 2A2M from the Joint Center for Structural Genomics (JCSG)

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structure of PDB ID 2A2M

Plasmid Information for 2A2O and 2A2M

Plasmid Clone ID BtCD00282926 in vector pMH4
Organism Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482
Structural Information RCSB PDB Structure Explorer - 2A2O
RCSB PDB Structure Explorer - 2A2M
Experimental Information 358760
PSI Structural Biology Knowledgebase 2A2O
2A2M

 

 

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Updated for February 2010