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P68 holin family

family of transport proteins

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ25323909 ↗
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The Staphylococcus phage P68 Putative Holin (P68 Hol) Family (TC# 1.E.38) consists of a single putative holin (TC# 1.E.38.1.1) from Staphylococcus aureus phage P68 that is 92 amino acyl residues (aas) in length and exhibits 2 transmembrane segments (TMSs). While annotated as a holin, this protein has not been functionally characterized.[2]

See also

Holin

Lysin

Transporter Classification Database

Further reading

Reddy, Bhaskara L.; Saier Jr., Milton H. (2013-11-01). "Topological and phylogenetic analyses of bacterial holin families and superfamilies". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 1828 (11): 2654–2671.doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.07.004. PMC 3788059.PMID 23856191.

Saier, Milton H.; Reddy, Bhaskara L. (2015-01-01). "Holins in Bacteria, Eukaryotes, and Archaea: Multifunctional Xenologues with Potential Biotechnological and Biomedical Applications". Journal of Bacteriology 197(1): 7–17. doi:10.1128/JB.02046-14. ISSN 0021-9193.PMC 4288690.

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