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| 1e4g, resolution 2.60Å () | |||||||||
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| Ligands: | , | ||||||||
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| Gene: | FTSA (Thermotoga maritima) | ||||||||
| Related: | 1e4f | ||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||
Introduction
FtsA is a peripheral membrane cell division protein which can bind ATP. It belongs to the actin family of proteins that includes actin, hsp 70, and sugar kinase.[1] FtsA is an ATPase and is homologous to the ATPase domain of actin family of proteins. (4)FtsZ is another important cell division protein, [1]

