CRISPR-associated protein Cas10/Csm1, subtype III-A/MTUBE
The family is designated Csm2, for CRISPR/Cas Subtype Mtube Protein 2. A typical example is TM1811 from Thermotoga maritima. CRISPR are Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. This protein family belongs to a conserved gene cluster regularly found near CRISPR repeats.
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