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AAA ATPases form a large and extremely heterogeneous family of enzymes belonging to the AAA superfamily containing a ring-shaped NTPase domain. These enzymes are involved in a wide variety of cellular processes, hence the name (ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities).
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(2006). AAA ATPase. In: Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29623-9_6001
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