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T=2 icosahedral capsid protein (kw:KW-1141)


image The capsid is composed 60 asymmetric units made of 2 protein (T=2*), for a total of 120 capsid proteins.
The T=2* symmetry is an nonofficial appellation, to be rigorous the capsid has a T=1 symmetry with each unit composed of a homodimer.

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Icosahedric triangulation number is calculated following Caspar and Klug system

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Icosahedric capsids Virus symmetry and T number
T=1
T=2*
T=3
Pseudo T=3
T=4
T=7
T=9
T=13
T=16
T=21/pseudo T=21
T=25/pseudo T=25
T=27/pseudo T=27
T=28
T=31/pseudo T=31
T=75 bacterial carboxysome
T=169
Links Uniprot Keyword: KW-1141
GO ontology: GO:0039616
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