1. LTA4
2. 5S,6S-epoxy-7E,9E,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoic acid
3. (7e,9e,11z,14z)-(5s,6s)-5,6-epoxyicosa-7,9,11,14-tetrenoioc acid
4. 5S,6S-epoxy-7E,9E,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoate
5. (7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-(5S,6S)-5,6-epoxyicosa- 7,9,11,14-tetraenoate
6. (7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-(5S,6S)-5,6-Epoxyeicosa-7,9,11,14-tetraenoate
7. (5S,6S,7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-5,6-Epoxyicosa-7,9,11,14-tetraenoate
8. (7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-(5S,6S)-5,6-epoxyicosa- 7,9,11,14-tetraenoic acid
9. (7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-(5S,6S)-5,6-Epoxyeicosa-7,9,11,14-tetraenoic acid
10. (5S,6S,7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-5,6-Epoxyicosa-7,9,11,14-tetraenoic acid

• Membrane (Predicted from LogP)
• Cytoplasm
• endoplasmic reticulum

1. Luscinskas FW, Nicolaou KC, Webber SE, Veale CA, Gimbrone MA Jr, Serhan CN: Ca2+ mobilization with leukotriene A4 and epoxytetraenes in human neutrophils. Biochem Pharmacol. 1990 Jan 15;39(2):355-65. [PubMed ]
2. Iversen L, Fogh K, Ziboh VA, Kristensen P, Schmedes A, Kragballe K: Leukotriene B4 formation during human neutrophil keratinocyte interactions: evidence for transformation of leukotriene A4 by putative keratinocyte leukotriene A4 hydrolase. J Invest Dermatol. 1993 Mar;100(3):293-8. [PubMed ]
3. MacMillan DK, Hill E, Sala A, Sigal E, Shuman T, Henson PM, Murphy RC: Eosinophil 15-lipoxygenase is a leukotriene A4 synthase. J Biol Chem. 1994 Oct 28;269(43):26663-8. [PubMed ]
4. Iversen L, Ziboh VA, Shimizu T, Ohishi N, Radmark O, Wetterholm A, Kragballe K: Identification and subcellular localization of leukotriene A4-hydrolase activity in human epidermis. J Dermatol Sci. 1994 Jun;7(3):191-201. [PubMed ]
5. Nicholson DW, Klemba MW, Rasper DM, Metters KM, Zamboni RJ, Ford-Hutchinson AW: Purification of human leukotriene C4 synthase from dimethylsulfoxide-differentiated U937 cells. Eur J Biochem. 1992 Oct 15;209(2):725-34. [PubMed ]
6. Wikipedia

1. Leukotriene C4 synthase
2. Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase
3. Leukotriene A-4 hydrolase

1. LTC4 synthase
2. Leukotriene-C(4) synthase

MKDEVALLAAVTLLGVLLQAYFSLQVISARRAFRVSPPLTTGPPEFERVYRAQVNCSEYF
PLFLATLWVAGIFFHEGAAALCGLVYLFARLRYFQGYARSAQLRLAPLYASARALWLLVA
LAALGLLAHFLPAALRAALLGRLRTLLPWA

• Arachidonic acid metabolism (map00590 )

• leukotriene C4 = leukotriene A4 + glutathione [RN:R03059]

• MAPEG (PF01124 )

• None

• 7-27 49-69 74-94 105-124

ATGAAGGACGAGGTAGCTCTACTGGCTGCTGTCACCCTCCTGGGAGTCCTGCTGCAAGCC
TACTTCTCCCTGCAGGTGATCTCGGCGCGCAGGGCCTTCCGCGTGTCGCCGCCGCTCACC
ACCGGCCCACCCGAGTTCGAGCGCGTCTACCGAGCCCAGGTGAACTGCAGCGAGTACTTC
CCGCTGTTCCTCGCCACGCTCTGGGTCGCCGGCATCTTCTTTCATGAAGGGGCGGCGGCC
CTGTGCGGCCTGGTCTACCTGTTCGCGCGCCTCCGCTACTTCCAGGGCTACGCGCGCTCC
GCGCAGCTCAGGCTGGCACCGCTGTACGCGAGCGCGCGCGCCCTCTGGCTGCTGGTGGCG
CTGGCTGCGCTCGGCCTGCTCGCCCACTTCCTCCCGGCCGCGCTGCGCGCCGCGCTCCTC
GGACGGCTCCGGACGCTGCTGCCGTGGGCCTGA

1. Lam BK, Penrose JF, Freeman GJ, Austen KF: Expression cloning of a cDNA for human leukotriene C4 synthase, an integral membrane protein conjugating reduced glutathione to leukotriene A4. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Aug 2;91(16):7663-7. [PubMed ]
2. Welsch DJ, Creely DP, Hauser SD, Mathis KJ, Krivi GG, Isakson PC: Molecular cloning and expression of human leukotriene-C4 synthase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Oct 11;91(21):9745-9. [PubMed ]
3. Penrose JF, Spector J, Baldasaro M, Xu K, Boyce J, Arm JP, Austen KF, Lam BK: Molecular cloning of the gene for human leukotriene C4 synthase. Organization, nucleotide sequence, and chromosomal localization to 5q35. J Biol Chem. 1996 May 10;271(19):11356-61. [PubMed ]
4. Bigby TD, Hodulik CR, Arden KC, Fu L: Molecular cloning of the human leukotriene C4 synthase gene and assignment to chromosome 5q35. Mol Med. 1996 Sep;2(5):637-46. [PubMed ]
5. Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, Shenmen CM, Grouse LH, Schuler G, Klein SL, Old S, Rasooly R, Good P, Guyer M, Peck AM, Derge JG, Lipman D, Collins FS, Jang W, Sherry S, Feolo M, Misquitta L, Lee E, Rotmistrovsky K, Greenhut SF, Schaefer CF, Buetow K, Bonner TI, Haussler D, Kent J, Kiekhaus M, Furey T, Brent M, Prange C, Schreiber K, Shapiro N, Bhat NK, Hopkins RF, Hsie F, Driscoll T, Soares MB, Casavant TL, Scheetz TE, Brown-stein MJ, Usdin TB, Toshiyuki S, Carninci P, Piao Y, Dudekula DB, Ko MS, Kawakami K, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Gruber CE, Smith MR, Simmons B, Moore T, Waterman R, Johnson SL, Ruan Y, Wei CL, Mathavan S, Gunaratne PH, Wu J, Garcia AM, Hulyk SW, Fuh E, Yuan Y, Sneed A, Kowis C, Hodgson A, Muzny DM, McPherson J, Gibbs RA, Fahey J, Helton E, Ketteman M, Madan A, Rodrigues S, Sanchez A, Whiting M, Madari A, Young AC, Wetherby KD, Granite SJ, Kwong PN, Brinkley CP, Pearson RL, Bouffard GG, Blakesly RW, Green ED, Dickson MC, Rodriguez AC, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Myers RM, Butterfield YS, Griffith M, Griffith OL, Krzywinski MI, Liao N, Morin R, Palmquist D, Petrescu AS, Skalska U, Smailus DE, Stott JM, Schnerch A, Schein JE, Jones SJ, Holt RA, Baross A, Marra MA, Clifton S, Makowski KA, Bosak S, Malek J: The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). Genome Res. 2004 Oct;14(10B):2121-7. [PubMed ]
6. Nicholson DW, Ali A, Vaillancourt JP, Calaycay JR, Mumford RA, Zamboni RJ, Ford-Hutchinson AW: Purification to homogeneity and the N-terminal sequence of human leukotriene C4 synthase: a homodimeric glutathione S-transferase composed of 18-kDa subunits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 Mar 1;90(5):2015-9. [PubMed ]
7. Penrose JF, Spector J, Lam BK, Friend DS, Xu K, Jack RM, Austen KF: Purification of human lung leukotriene C4 synthase and preparation of a polyclonal antibody. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995 Jul;152(1):283-9. [PubMed ]
8. Goppelt-Struebe M: Two step purification of human and murine leukotriene C4 synthase. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1995 May 17;1256(2):257-61. [PubMed ]
9. Mayatepek E, Flock B: Leukotriene C4-synthesis deficiency: a new inborn error of metabolism linked to a fatal developmental syndrome. Lancet. 1998 Nov 7;352(9139):1514-7. [PubMed ]
10. Mayatepek E, Zelezny R, Lehmann WD, Hammond JW, Hoffmann GF: Defects in the synthesis of cysteinyl leukotrienes: a new group of inborn errors of metabolism. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2000 Jun;23(4):404-8. [PubMed ]
11. Christmas P, Weber BM, McKee M, Brown D, Soberman RJ: Membrane localization and topology of leukotriene C4 synthase. J Biol Chem. 2002 Aug 9;277(32):28902-8. Epub 2002 May 21. [PubMed ]
12. Strid T, Svartz J, Franck N, Hallin E, Ingelsson B, Soderstrom M, Hammarstrom S: Distinct parts of leukotriene C(4) synthase interact with 5-lipoxygenase and 5-lipoxygenase activating protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Apr 17;381(4):518-22. Epub 2009 Feb 20. [PubMed ]
13. Ago H, Kanaoka Y, Irikura D, Lam BK, Shimamura T, Austen KF, Miyano M: Crystal structure of a human membrane protein involved in cysteinyl leukotriene biosynthesis. Nature. 2007 Aug 2;448(7153):609-12. Epub 2007 Jul 15. [PubMed ]
14. Martinez Molina D, Wetterholm A, Kohl A, McCarthy AA, Niegowski D, Ohlson E, Hammarberg T, Eshaghi S, Haeggstrom JZ, Nordlund P: Structural basis for synthesis of inflammatory mediators by human leukotriene C4 synthase. Nature. 2007 Aug 2;448(7153):613-6. Epub 2007 Jul 15. [PubMed ]

1. 5-LO
2. 5-lipoxygenase

MPSYTVTVATGSQWFAGTDDYIYLSLVGSAGCSEKHLLDKPFYNDFERGAVDSYDVTVDE
ELGEIQLVRIEKRKYWLNDDWYLKYITLKTPHGDYIEFPCYRWITGDVEVVLRDGRAKLA
RDDQIHILKQHRRKELETRQKQYRWMEWNPGFPLSIDAKCHKDLPRDIQFDSEKGVDFVL
NYSKAMENLFINRFMHMFQSSWNDFADFEKIFVKISNTISERVMNHWQEDLMFGYQFLNG
CNPVLIRRCTELPEKLPVTTEMVECSLERQLSLEQEVQQGNIFIVDFELLDGIDANKTDP
CTLQFLAAPICLLYKNLANKIVPIAIQLNQIPGDENPIFLPSDAKYDWLLAKIWVRSSDF
HVHQTITHLLRTHLVSEVFGIAMYRQLPAVHPIFKLLVAHVRFTIAINTKAREQLICECG
LFDKANATGGGGHVQMVQRAMKDLTYASLCFPEAIKARGMESKEDIPYYFYRDDGLLVWE
AIRTFTAEVVDIYYEGDQVVEEDPELQDFVNDVYVYGMRGRKSSGFPKSVKSREQLSEYL
TVVIFTASAQHAAVNFGQYDWCSWIPNAPPTMRAPPPTAKGVVTIEQIVDTLPDRGRSCW
HLGAVWALSQFQENELFLGMYPEEHFIEKPVKEAMARFRKNLEAIVSVIAERNKKKQLPY
YYLSPDRIPNSVAI

• Arachidonic acid metabolism (map00590 )

• (1) arachidonate + O2 = (5S,6S,7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-5,6-epoxyicosa-7,9,11,14-tetraenoate + H2O (overall reaction) [RN:R08527]
• (2) (1a) arachidonate + O2 = (5S,6E,8Z,11Z,14Z)-5-hydroperoxyicosa-6,8,11,14-tetraenoate [RN:R01595]
• (3) (1b) (5S,6E,8Z,11Z,14Z)-5-hydroperoxyicosa-6,8,11,14-tetraenoate = (5S,6S,7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-5,6-epoxyicosa-7,9,11,14-tetraenoate + H2O [RN:R03058]

• Lipoxygenase (PF00305 )
• PLAT (PF01477 )

• None

• None

ATGCCCTCCTACACGGTCACCGTGGCCACTGGCAGCCAGTGGTTCGCCGGCACTGACGAC
TACATCTACCTCAGCCTCGTGGGCTCGGCGGGCTGCAGCGAGAAGCACCTGCTGGACAAG
CCCTTCTACAACGACTTCGAGCGTGGCGCGGTGGATTCATACGACGTGACTGTGGACGAG
GAACTGGGCGAGATCCAGCTGGTCAGAATCGAGAAGCGCAAGTACTGGCTGAATGACGAC
TGGTACCTGAAGTACATCACGCTGAAGACGCCCCACGGGGACTACATCGAGTTCCCCTGC
TACCGCTGGATCACCGGCGATGTCGAGGTTGTCCTGAGGGATGGACGCGCAAAGTTGGCC
CGAGATGACCAAATTCACATTCTCAAGCAACACCGACGTAAAGAACTGGAAACACGGCAA
AAACAATATCGATGGATGGAGTGGAACCCTGGCTTCCCCTTGAGCATCGATGCCAAATGC
CACAAGGATTTACCCCGTGATATCCAGTTTGATAGTGAAAAAGGAGTGGACTTTGTTCTG
AATTACTCCAAAGCGATGGAGAACCTGTTCATCAACCGCTTCATGCACATGTTCCAGTCT
TCTTGGAATGACTTCGCCGACTTTGAGAAAATCTTTGTCAAGATCAGCAACACTATTTCT
GAGCGGGTCATGAATCACTGGCAGGAAGACCTGATGTTTGGCTACCAGTTCCTGAATGGC
TGCAACCCTGTGTTGATCCGGCGCTGCACAGAGCTGCCCGAGAAGCTCCCGGTGACCACG
GAGATGGTAGAGTGCAGCCTGGAGCGGCAGCTCAGCTTGGAGCAGGAGGTCCAGCAAGGG
AACATTTTCATCGTGGACTTTGAGCTGCTGGATGGCATCGATGCCAACAAAACAGACCCC
TGCACACTCCAGTTCCTGGCCGCTCCCATCTGCTTGCTGTATAAGAACCTGGCCAACAAG
ATTGTCCCCATTGCCATCCAGCTCAACCAAATCCCGGGAGATGAGAACCCTATTTTCCTC
CCTTCGGATGCAAAATACGACTGGCTTTTGGCCAAAATCTGGGTGCGTTCCAGTGACTTC
CACGTCCACCAGACCATCACCCACCTTCTGCGAACACATCTGGTGTCTGAGGTTTTTGGC
ATTGCAATGTACCGCCAGCTGCCTGCTGTGCACCCCATTTTCAAGCTGCTGGTGGCACAC
GTGAGATTCACCATTGCAATCAACACCAAGGCCCGTGAGCAGCTCATCTGCGAGTGTGGC
CTCTTTGACAAGGCCAACGCCACAGGGGGCGGTGGGCACGTGCAGATGGTGCAGAGGGCC
ATGAAGGACCTGACCTATGCCTCCCTGTGCTTTCCCGAGGCCATCAAGGCCCGGGGCATG
GAGAGCAAAGAAGACATCCCCTACTACTTCTACCGGGACGACGGGCTCCTGGTGTGGGAA
GCCATCAGGACGTTCACGGCCGAGGTGGTAGACATCTACTACGAGGGCGACCAGGTGGTG
GAGGAGGACCCGGAGCTGCAGGACTTCGTGAACGATGTCTACGTGTACGGCATGCGGGGC
CGCAAGTCCTCAGGCTTCCCCAAGTCGGTCAAGAGCCGGGAGCAGCTGTCGGAGTACCTG
ACCGTGGTGATCTTCACCGCCTCCGCCCAGCACGCCGCGGTCAACTTCGGCCAGTACGAC
TGGTGCTCCTGGATCCCCAATGCGCCCCCAACCATGCGAGCCCCGCCACCGACTGCCAAG
GGCGTGGTGACCATTGAGCAGATCGTGGACACGCTGCCCGACCGCGGCCGCTCCTGCTGG
CATCTGGGTGCAGTGTGGGCGCTGAGCCAGTTCCAGGAAAACGAGCTGTTCCTGGGCATG
TACCCAGAAGAGCATTTTATCGAGAAGCCTGTGAAGGAAGCCATGGCCCGATTCCGCAAG
AACCTCGAGGCCATTGTCAGCGTGATTGCTGAGCGCAACAAGAAGAAGCAGCTGCCATAT
TACTACTTGTCCCCAGACCGGATTCCGAACAGTGTGGCCATCTGA

1. Dixon RA, Jones RE, Diehl RE, Bennett CD, Kargman S, Rouzer CA: Cloning of the cDNA for human 5-lipoxygenase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Jan;85(2):416-20. [PubMed ]
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5. Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, Shenmen CM, Grouse LH, Schuler G, Klein SL, Old S, Rasooly R, Good P, Guyer M, Peck AM, Derge JG, Lipman D, Collins FS, Jang W, Sherry S, Feolo M, Misquitta L, Lee E, Rotmistrovsky K, Greenhut SF, Schaefer CF, Buetow K, Bonner TI, Haussler D, Kent J, Kiekhaus M, Furey T, Brent M, Prange C, Schreiber K, Shapiro N, Bhat NK, Hopkins RF, Hsie F, Driscoll T, Soares MB, Casavant TL, Scheetz TE, Brown-stein MJ, Usdin TB, Toshiyuki S, Carninci P, Piao Y, Dudekula DB, Ko MS, Kawakami K, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Gruber CE, Smith MR, Simmons B, Moore T, Waterman R, Johnson SL, Ruan Y, Wei CL, Mathavan S, Gunaratne PH, Wu J, Garcia AM, Hulyk SW, Fuh E, Yuan Y, Sneed A, Kowis C, Hodgson A, Muzny DM, McPherson J, Gibbs RA, Fahey J, Helton E, Ketteman M, Madan A, Rodrigues S, Sanchez A, Whiting M, Madari A, Young AC, Wetherby KD, Granite SJ, Kwong PN, Brinkley CP, Pearson RL, Bouffard GG, Blakesly RW, Green ED, Dickson MC, Rodriguez AC, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Myers RM, Butterfield YS, Griffith M, Griffith OL, Krzywinski MI, Liao N, Morin R, Palmquist D, Petrescu AS, Skalska U, Smailus DE, Stott JM, Schnerch A, Schein JE, Jones SJ, Holt RA, Baross A, Marra MA, Clifton S, Makowski KA, Bosak S, Malek J: The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). Genome Res. 2004 Oct;14(10B):2121-7. [PubMed ]
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1. LTA-4 hydrolase
2. Leukotriene A(4) hydrolase

MPEIVDTCSLASPASVCRTKHLHLRCSVDFTRRTLTGTAALTVQSQEDNLRSLVLDTKDL
TIEKVVINGQEVKYALGERQSYKGSPMEISLPIALSKNQEIVIEISFETSPKSSALQWLT
PEQTSGKEHPYLFSQCQAIHCRAILPCQDTPSVKLTYTAEVSVPKELVALMSAIRDGETP
DPEDPSRKIYKFIQKVPIPCYLIALVVGALESRQIGPRTLVWSEKEQVEKSAYEFSETES
MLKIAEDLGGPYVWGQYDLLVLPPSFPYGGMENPCLTFVTPTLLAGDKSLSNVIAHEISH
SWTGNLVTNKTWDHFWLNEGHTVYLERHICGRLFGEKFRHFNALGGWGELQNSVKTFGET
HPFTKLVVDLTDIDPDVAYSSVPYEKGFALLFYLEQLLGGPEIFLGFLKAYVEKFSYKSI
TTDDWKDFLYSYFKDKVDVLNQVDWNAWLYSPGLPPIKPNYDMTLTNACIALSQRWITAK
EDDLNSFNATDLKDLSSHQLNEFLAQTLQRAPLPLGHIKRMQEVYNFNAINNSEIRFRWL
RLCIQSKWEDAIPLALKMATEQGRMKFTRPLFKDLAAFDKSHDQAVRTYQEHKASMHPVT
AMLVGKDLKVD

• Arachidonic acid metabolism (map00590 )

• (7E,9E,11Z,14Z)-(5S,6S)-5,6-epoxyicosa-7,9,11,14-tetraenoate + H2O = (6Z,8E,10E,14Z)-(5S,12R)-5,12-dihydroxyicosa-6,8,10,14-tetraenoate [RN:R03057]

• Leuk-A4-hydro_C (PF09127 )
• Peptidase_M1 (PF01433 )

• None

• None

ATGCCCGAGATAGTGGATACCTGTTCGTTGGCCTCTCCGGCTTCCGTCTGCCGGACCAAG
CACCTGCACCTGCGCTGCAGCGTCGACTTTACTCGCCGGACGCTGACCGGGACTGCTGCT
CTCACGGTCCAGTCTCAGGAGGACAATCTGCGCAGCCTGGTTTTGGATACAAAGGACCTT
ACAATAGAAAAAGTAGTGATCAATGGACAAGAAGTCAAATATGCTCTTGGAGAAAGACAA
AGTTACAAGGGATCGCCAATGGAAATCTCTCTTCCTATCGCTTTGAGCAAAAATCAAGAA
ATTGTTATAGAAATTTCTTTTGAGACCTCTCCAAAATCTTCTGCTCTCCAGTGGCTCACT
CCTGAACAGACTTCTGGGAAGGAACACCCATATCTCTTTAGTCAGTGCCAGGCCATCCAC
TGCAGAGCAATCCTTCCTTGTCAGGACACTCCTTCTGTGAAATTAACCTATACTGCAGAG
GTGTCTGTCCCTAAAGAACTGGTGGCACTTATGAGTGCTATTCGTGATGGAGAAACACCT
GACCCAGAAGACCCAAGCAGGAAAATATACAAATTCATCCAAAAAGTTCCAATACCCTGC
TACCTGATTGCTTTAGTTGTTGGAGCTTTAGAAAGCAGGCAAATTGGCCCAAGAACTTTG
GTGTGGTCTGAGAAAGAGCAGGTGGAAAAGTCTGCTTATGAGTTTTCTGAGACTGAATCT
ATGCTTAAAATAGCAGAAGATCTGGGAGGACCGTATGTATGGGGACAGTATGACCTATTG
GTCCTGCCACCATCCTTCCCTTATGGTGGCATGGAGAATCCTTGCCTTACTTTTGTAACT
CCTACTCTACTGGCAGGCGACAAGTCACTCTCCAATGTCATTGCACATGAAATATCTCAT
AGCTGGACAGGGAATCTAGTGACCAACAAAACTTGGGATCACTTTTGGTTAAATGAGGGA
CATACTGTGTACTTGGAACGCCACATTTGCGGACGATTGTTTGGTGAAAAGTTCAGACAT
TTTAATGCTCTGGGAGGATGGGGAGAACTACAGAATTCGGTAAAGACATTTGGGGAGACA
CATCCTTTCACCAAACTTGTGGTTGATCTGACAGATATAGACCCTGATGTAGCTTATTCT
TCAGTTCCCTATGAGAAGGGCTTTGCTTTACTTTTTTACCTTGAACAACTGCTTGGAGGA
CCAGAGATTTTCCTAGGATTCTTAAAAGCTTATGTTGAGAAGTTTTCCTATAAGAGCATA
ACTACTGATGACTGGAAGGATTTCCTGTATTCCTATTTTAAAGATAAGGTTGATGTTCTC
AATCAAGTTGATTGGAATGCCTGGCTCTACTCTCCTGGACTGCCTCCCATAAAGCCCAAT
TATGATATGACTCTGACAAATGCTTGTATTGCCTTAAGTCAAAGATGGATTACTGCCAAA
GAAGATGATTTAAATTCATTCAATGCCACAGACCTGAAGGATCTCTCTTCTCATCAATTG
AATGAGTTTTTAGCACAGACGCTCCAGAGGGCACCTCTTCCATTGGGGCACATAAAGCGA
ATGCAAGAGGTGTACAACTTCAATGCCATTAACAATTCTGAAATACGATTCAGATGGCTG
CGGCTCTGCATTCAATCCAAGTGGGAGGACGCAATTCCTTTGGCGCTAAAGATGGCAACT
GAACAAGGAAGAATGAAGTTTACCCGGCCCTTATTCAAGGATCTTGCTGCCTTTGACAAA
TCCCATGATCAAGCTGTCCGAACCTACCAAGAGCACAAAGCAAGCATGCATCCCGTGACT
GCAATGCTGGTGGGGAAAGACTTAAAAGTGGATTAA

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