Protein family
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protein-family-178-7988694
title:
Protein family
text:
A protein family is a group of evolutionarily related proteins. In many cases, a protein family has a corresponding gene family, in which each gene encodes a corresponding protein with a 1:1 relationship. The term "protein family" should not be confused with family as it is used in taxonomy. Proteins in a family descend from a common ancestor and typically have similar three-dimensional structures, functions, and significant sequence similarity. Sequence similarity is one of the most common indi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Group of evolutionarily-related proteins
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_family
date created:
2004-02-14T02:22:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T13:41:10Z
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13
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