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1GKA

The molecular basis of the coloration mechanism in lobster shell. beta-crustacyanin at 3.2 A resolution

Entity
Entity IDChain IDDescriptionTypeChain lengthFormula weightNumber of moleculesDB Name (Accession)Biological sourceDescriptive keywords
1A
(A)
CRUSTACYANIN A1 SUBUNITpolymer18020558.01Pfam (PF00061)
UniProt (by SIFTS) (P58989)
HOMARUS GAMMARUS (EUROPEAN LOBSTER)BETA CRUSTACYANIN SUBUNIT
2B
(B)
CRUSTACYANIN A2 SUBUNITpolymer17419688.81UniProt (P80007)
Pfam (PF00061)
HOMARUS GAMMARUS (EUROPEAN LOBSTER)
3C, E
(A, B)
ASTAXANTHINnon-polymer596.82Chemie (AXT)
4D
(A)
DODECANEnon-polymer170.31Chemie (D12)
5F
(B)
2-AMINO-2-HYDROXYMETHYL-PROPANE-1,3-DIOLnon-polymer122.11Chemie (TRS)
6G
(B)
4-(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-1-PIPERAZINE ETHANESULFONIC ACIDnon-polymer238.31Chemie (EPE)
7H, I
(A, B)
waterwater18.030Chemie (HOH)
Sequence viewer
Contents of the asymmetric unit
PolymersNumber of chains2
Total formula weight40246.9
Non-Polymers*Number of molecules5
Total formula weight1724.5
All*Total formula weight41971.3
*Water molecules are not included.

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