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louiseinger louiseinger
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8 years ago
This question is part of a bioinformatics assignment for Uni.

Essentially, I am looking at the protein FtsZ-mt.  We are asked to describe similar proteins, as well as what other types of CELLS use versions of this protein to divide themselves.

So far, I have established that the protein FtsZ is used in bacterial and prokaryotic cells.  I am unsure if it is used amongst anything else? 
I also have no idea of similar proteins because search results tend to yield 'possible' proteins that are 'thought to' be involved in cellular/organelle division, and these results extend farther than the horizon so it's difficult to narrow down.

Hope to hear from someone!
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8 years ago
Hi Louiseinger,

Probably a stupid question, but have you tried using BLAST?

http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?PAGE=Proteins

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8 years ago
I used BLAST to find the name of the genus that the protein sequence came from but am unsure how to use it to find similar proteins?
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8 years ago Edited: 8 years ago, bio_man
That can be done, if I recall. I just don't recall step-by-step, which is probably what you need. I'll leave you with these two links, maybe you can find some useful information from them.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/guide/howto/find-homolog-gene/
http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi
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8 years ago
Doing this assignment right now too, but like bio_man said, two other names come up when the BLAST thing is entered.
Maybe the two alignments are the similar proteins (Parvimonas micra strain KCOM 1535,  and Clostridium sp. M2/40 replicon M2/40_rep1) ?
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