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3.A.11.1.3
The multicomponent DNA uptake competence transporter involving both competence and pilus biogenesis proteins (Averhoff, 2009; Karuppiah et al. 2013). 

Accession Number:Q8VRL3
Protein Name:Competence protein PilC
Length:441
Molecular Weight:48370.00
Species:Thermus thermophilus [274]
Number of TMSs:3
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Membrane1 / Multi-pass membrane protein2
Substrate single-stranded DNA polynucleotide

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Entrez Gene ID: 2775120   
Pfam: PF00482   

Gene Ontology

GO:0016021 C:integral to membrane
GO:0015627 C:type II protein secretion system complex
GO:0008565 F:protein transporter activity
GO:0015628 P:protein secretion by the type II secretion system

References (1)

[1] “Molecular analyses of the natural transformation machinery and identification of pilus structures in the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus strain HB27.”  Friedrich A.et.al.   11823215

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MRASTPQTVS VGKATKPPPL RVSAALARAS WYTLSMPVYQ YKARDRQGRL VEATIEAEDL 
61:	RTAARLLRDR GLFVAEIKEP GKGLQAEVRI PALERGPGLK DLAIFSRQLA TMLGAGLTLL 
121:	QALAILERQT ENRKFREILK QVRTDVEGGM AFSEALSKHK IFSRLYVNLV RAGETSGGLD 
181:	LILDRLASFL EKELELRGKI RSAMTYPVIV FVFAVGVAYF LLTGIVPQFA QILTDLGSEL 
241:	PLLTRFLIAV SDLLRAATLP LLLLAVALFF AYRWYYGTPQ GRRVIDRLKL RLPVFGNLNR 
301:	KTAVARFSRT LALLLSSGVN IVEALDITKG TAGNSVVEEI VEAAKLKIQQ GDPLNLTLAQ 
361:	HPFVFPPMVS SMVAIGEETG ALDTMLSKVA DFYEREVDEA VASLTAAIEP LMIIFLGVIV 
421:	GMIVAGMFLP LFKIIGTLSV Q