8y6u

Cryo-EM structure of E.coli transcription initiation complex with transcription factor GcvA

Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

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1. Protein Identity and Related Structures Protein Identity & Related Structures

Glycine cleavage system transcriptional activator

Escherichia coli K-12

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 9 DNA 2	Non-template promoter DNA × 1 Template promoter DNA × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha × 3 （P0A7Z4） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta × 1 （P0A8V2） ;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ; × 1 （P0A8T7） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega × 1 （P0A800） RNA polymerase sigma factor RpoD × 1 （Q0P6L9）	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	GCVA_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	1
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain H； PDBConstruct 1–305； UniProt 1–305 Author chain J； PDBConstruct 1–305； UniProt 1–305

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha

Escherichia coli

UniProt P0A7Z4

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 9 DNA 2	Glycine cleavage system transcriptional activator × 2 （P0A9F6） Non-template promoter DNA × 1 Template promoter DNA × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta × 1 （P0A8V2） ;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ; × 1 （P0A8T7） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega × 1 （P0A800） RNA polymerase sigma factor RpoD × 1 （Q0P6L9）	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	RPOA_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	4
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain A； PDBConstruct 1–329； UniProt 1–329 Author chain B； PDBConstruct 1–329； UniProt 1–329 Author chain I； PDBConstruct 1–329； UniProt 1–329

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta

Escherichia coli K-12

UniProt P0A8V2

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 9 DNA 2	Glycine cleavage system transcriptional activator × 2 （P0A9F6） Non-template promoter DNA × 1 Template promoter DNA × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha × 3 （P0A7Z4） ;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ; × 1 （P0A8T7） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega × 1 （P0A800） RNA polymerase sigma factor RpoD × 1 （Q0P6L9）	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	RPOB_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	5
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain C； PDBConstruct 1–1342； UniProt 1–1342

;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ;

Escherichia coli K-12

UniProt P0A8T7

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 9 DNA 2	Glycine cleavage system transcriptional activator × 2 （P0A9F6） Non-template promoter DNA × 1 Template promoter DNA × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha × 3 （P0A7Z4） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta × 1 （P0A8V2） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega × 1 （P0A800） RNA polymerase sigma factor RpoD × 1 （Q0P6L9）	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	RPOC_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	6
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain D； PDBConstruct 1–1407； UniProt 1–1407

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega

Escherichia coli K-12

UniProt P0A800

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 9 DNA 2	Glycine cleavage system transcriptional activator × 2 （P0A9F6） Non-template promoter DNA × 1 Template promoter DNA × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha × 3 （P0A7Z4） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta × 1 （P0A8V2） ;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ; × 1 （P0A8T7） RNA polymerase sigma factor RpoD × 1 （Q0P6L9）	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	RPOZ_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	7
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain E； PDBConstruct 1–91； UniProt 1–91

RNA polymerase sigma factor RpoD

Escherichia coli

UniProt Q0P6L9

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 9 DNA 2	Glycine cleavage system transcriptional activator × 2 （P0A9F6） Non-template promoter DNA × 1 Template promoter DNA × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha × 3 （P0A7Z4） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta × 1 （P0A8V2） ;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ; × 1 （P0A8T7） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega × 1 （P0A800）	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	Q0P6L9_ECOLX
Isoform	—
PDB entities	8
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain F； PDBConstruct 1–613； UniProt 1–613

The page prioritizes protein identity, the current assembly, associated components, oligomeric state and cross-PDB links. Chain mapping and sequence ranges are retained as data evidence. Internal IDs, import timestamps and assembly operation expressions are maintenance fields and are not shown here.

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2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

Entry ID entry_id	8y6u
Deposition date deposition_date	2024-02-03
Last revision last_revision	2024-06-05
Structure title title	Cryo-EM structure of E.coli transcription initiation complex with transcription factor GcvA
Keywords keywords	RNA polymerase, TRANSCRIPTION-DNA COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION/DNA
Experimental Method method	ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

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3. Official assembly/model SAXS Official SAXS Profiles

This page reads only the latest assembly calculations. Every curve maps to an explicit PDB entry, official biological assembly and coordinate model.

8y6u__assembly_1__model_1

Assembly 1 · Model 1 · CRYSOL 4.1.3-1-20251215 (887e7ef)

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8y6u__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

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8y6u__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

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Rg（Guinier）	57.47 Å
Rg (electron density)	56.80 Å
Total Rg	56.92 Å
Atom count	33869
Residues	4090
Excluded volume	594170 Å³
Maximum q	0.500 Å⁻¹

Assembly	Model	Structure unit	Oligomeric description	Status	CRYSOL	Actions
1	1	`8y6u__assembly_1__model_1`	11-meric （11）	Success	4.1.3-1-20251215 (887e7ef)	View Download

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4. Crystallography and Experiment 4. Crystallography & Experiment

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5. Entities and Polymers Entities & Polymers (8)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Description description	Glycine cleavage system transcriptional activator
Molecular weight formula_weight	34447.5 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	H,J
Atom count atom_count	33869

MSKRLPPLNALRVFDAAARHLSFTRAAEELFVTQAAVSHQIKSLEDFLGLKLFRRRNRSLLLTEEGQSYFLDIKEIFSQLTEATRKLQARSAKGALTVSLLPSFAIHWLVPRLSSFNSAYPGIDVRIQAVDRQEDKLADDVDVAIFYGRGNWPGLRVEKLYAEYLLPVCSPLLLTGEKPLKTPEDLAKHTLLHDASRRDWQTYTRQLGLNHINVQQGPIFSHSAMVLQAAIHGQGVALANNVMAQSEIEAGRLVCPFNDVLVSKNAFYLVCHDSQAELGKIAAFRQWILAKAAAEQEKFRFRYEQ

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli K-12
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	83333
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 2 Entity 2 polymer

Description description	Non-template promoter DNA
Molecular weight formula_weight	28330.2 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	1

GTAACCTATTAGTTTTTTTAATCTGAGCCATTATAAATTGTCCGTTGAGCTTCTACCAGCAAATACCTATAATGGGAGCTGTCACGGATGCA

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	562
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 3 Entity 3 polymer

Description description	Template promoter DNA
Molecular weight formula_weight	28584.4 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	2

TGCATCCGTGAGTCGAGGGTAATAAGGTATTTGCTGGTAGAAGCTCAACGGACAATTTATAATGGCTCAGATTAAAAAAACTAATAGGTTAC

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	562
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Description description	DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha
Molecular weight formula_weight	36558.7 kDa
EC 编号 ec_number	2.7.7.6
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	3

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	A,B,I

MQGSVTEFLKPRLVDIEQVSSTHAKVTLEPLERGFGHTLGNALRRILLSSMPGCAVTEVEIDGVLHEYSTKEGVQEDILEILLNLKGLAVRVQGKDEVILTLNKSGIGPVTAADITHDGDVEIVKPQHVICHLTDENASISMRIKVQRGRGYVPASTRIHSEEDERPIGRLLVDACYSPVERIAYNVEAARVEQRTDLDKLVIEMETNGTIDPEEAIRRAATILAEQLEAFVDLRDVRQPEVKEEKPEFDPILLRPVDDLELTVRSANCLKAEAIHYIGDLVQRTEVELLKTPNLGKKSLTEIKDVLASRGLSLGMRLENWPPASIADE

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	562
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Description description	DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta
Molecular weight formula_weight	150804.9 kDa
EC 编号 ec_number	2.7.7.6
Mutation mutation	D516V
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	C

MVYSYTEKKRIRKDFGKRPQVLDVPYLLSIQLDSFQKFIEQDPEGQYGLEAAFRSVFPIQSYSGNSELQYVSYRLGEPVFDVQECQIRGVTYSAPLRVKLRLVIYEREAPEGTVKDIKEQEVYMGEIPLMTDNGTFVINGTERVIVSQLHRSPGVFFDSDKGKTHSSGKVLYNARIIPYRGSWLDFEFDPKDNLFVRIDRRRKLPATIILRALNYTTEQILDLFFEKVIFEIRDNKLQMELVPERLRGETASFDIEANGKVYVEKGRRITARHIRQLEKDDVKLIEVPVEYIAGKVVAKDYIDESTGELICAANMELSLDLLAKLSQSGHKRIETLFTNDLDHGPYISETLRVDPTNDRLSALVEIYRMMRPGEPPTREAAESLFENLFFSEDRYDLSAVGRMKFNRSLLREEIEGSGILSKDDIIDVMKKLIDIRNGKGEVDDIDHLGNRRIRSVGEMAENQFRVGLVRVERAVKERLSLGDLDTLMPQDMINAKPISAAVKEFFGSSQLSQFMVQNNPLSEITHKRRISALGPGGLTRERAGFEVRDVHPTHYGRVCPIETPEGPNIGLINSLSVYAQTNEYGFLETPYRKVTDGVVTDEIHYLSAIEEGNYVIAQANSNLDEEGHFVEDLVTCRSKGESSLFSRDQVDYMDVSTQQVVSVGASLIPFLEHDDANRALMGANMQRQAVPTLRADKPLVGTGMERAVAVDSGVTAVAKRGGVVQYVDASRIVIKVNEDEMYPGEAGIDIYNLTKYTRSNQNTCINQMPCVSLGEPVERGDVLADGPSTDLGELALGQNMRVAFMPWNGYNFEDSILVSERVVQEDRFTTIHIQELACVSRDTKLGPEEITADIPNVGEAALSKLDESGIVYIGAEVTGGDILVGKVTPKGETQLTPEEKLLRAIFGEKASDVKDSSLRVPNGVSGTVIDVQVFTRDGVEKDKRALEIEEMQLKQAKKDLSEELQILEAGLFSRIRAVLVAGGVEAEKLDKLPRDRWLELGLTDEEKQNQLEQLAEQYDELKHEFEKKLEAKRRKITQGDDLAPGVLKIVKVYLAVKRRIQPGDKMAGRHGNKGVISKINPIEDMPYDENGTPVDIVLNPLGVPSRMNIGQILETHLGMAAKGIGDKINAMLKQQQEVAKLREFIQRAYDLGADVRQKVDLSTFSDEEVMRLAENLRKGMPIATPVFDGAKEAEIKELLKLGDLPTSGQIRLYDGRTGEQFERPVTVGYMYMLKLNHLVDDKMHARSTGSYSLVTQQPLGGKAQFGGQRFGEMEVWALEAYGAAYTLQEMLTVKSDDVNGRTKMYKNIVDGNHQMEPGMPESFNVLLKEIRSLGINIELEDE

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli K-12
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	83333
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 6 Entity 6 polymer

Description description	;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ;
Molecular weight formula_weight	155366.8 kDa
EC 编号 ec_number	2.7.7.6
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	D

MKDLLKFLKAQTKTEEFDAIKIALASPDMIRSWSFGEVKKPETINYRTFKPERDGLFCARIFGPVKDYECLCGKYKRLKHRGVICEKCGVEVTQTKVRRERMGHIELASPTAHIWFLKSLPSRIGLLLDMPLRDIERVLYFESYVVIEGGMTNLERQQILTEEQYLDALEEFGDEFDAKMGAEAIQALLKSMDLEQECEQLREELNETNSETKRKKLTKRIKLLEAFVQSGNKPEWMILTVLPVLPPDLRPLVPLDGGRFATSDLNDLYRRVINRNNRLKRLLDLAAPDIIVRNEKRMLQEAVDALLDNGRRGRAITGSNKRPLKSLADMIKGKQGRFRQNLLGKRVDYSGRSVITVGPYLRLHQCGLPKKMALELFKPFIYGKLELRGLATTIKAAKKMVEREEAVVWDILDEVIREHPVLLNRAPTLHRLGIQAFEPVLIEGKAIQLHPLVCAAYNADFDGDQMAVHVPLTLEAQLEARALMMSTNNILSPANGEPIIVPSQDVVLGLYYMTRDCVNAKGEGMVLTGPKEAERLYRSGLASLHARVKVRITEYEKDANGELVAKTSLKDTTVGRAILWMIVPKGLPYSIVNQALGKKAISKMLNTCYRILGLKPTVIFADQIMYTGFAYAARSGASVGIDDMVIPEKKHEIISEAEAEVAEIQEQFQSGLVTAGERYNKVIDIWAAANDRVSKAMMDNLQTETVINRDGQEEKQVSFNSIYMMADSGARGSAAQIRQLAGMRGLMAKPDGSIIETPITANFREGLNVLQYFISTHGARKGLADTALKTANSGYLTRRLVDVAQDLVVTEDDCGTHEGIMMTPVIEGGDVKEPLRDRVLGRVTAEDVLKPGTADILVPRNTLLHEQWCDLLEENSVDAVKVRSVVSCDTDFGVCAHCYGRDLARGHIINKGEAIGVIAAQSIGEPGTQLTMRTFHIGGAASRAAAESSIQVKNKGSIKLSNVKSVVNSSGKLVITSRNTELKLIDEFGRTKESYKVPYGAVLAKGDGEQVAGGETVANWDPHTMPVITEVSGFVRFTDMIDGQTITRQTDELTGLSSLVVLDSAERTAGGKDLRPALKIVDAQGNDVLIPGTDMPAQYFLPGKAIVQLEDGVQISSGDTLARIPQESGGTKDITGGLPRVADLFEARRPKEPAILAEISGIVSFGKETKGKRRLVITPVDGSDPYEEMIPKWRQLNVFEGERVERGDVISDGPEAPHDILRLRGVHAVTRYIVNEVQDVYRLQGVKINDKHIEVIVRQMLRKATIVNAGSSDFLEGEQVEYSRVKIANRELEANGKVGATYSRDLLGITKASLATESFISAASFQETTRVLTEAAVAGKRDELRGLKENVIVGRLIPAGTGYAYHQDRMRRRAAGEAPAAPQVTAEDASASLAELLNAGLGGSDNE

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli K-12
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	83333
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 7 Entity 7 polymer

Description description	DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega
Molecular weight formula_weight	10249.5 kDa
EC 编号 ec_number	2.7.7.6
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	E

MARVTVQDAVEKIGNRFDLVLVAARRARQMQVGGKDPLVPEENDKTTVIALREIEEGLINNQILDVRERQEQQEQEAAELQAVTAIAEGRR

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli K-12
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	83333
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 8 Entity 8 polymer

Description description	RNA polymerase sigma factor RpoD
Molecular weight formula_weight	70352.2 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	F

MEQNPQSQLKLLVTRGKEQGYLTYAEVNDHLPEDIVDSDQIEDIIQMINDMGIQVMEEAPDADDLMLAENTADEDAAEAAAQVLSSVESEIGRTTDPVRMYMREMGTVELLTREGEIDIAKRIEDGINQVQCSVAEYPEAITYLLEQYDRVEAEEARLSDLITGFVDPNAEEDLAPTATHVGSELSQEDLDDDEDEDEEDGDDDSADDDNSIDPELAREKFAELRAQYVVTRDTIKAKGRSHATAQEEILKLSEVFKQFRLVPKQFDYLVNSMRVMMDRVRTQERLIMKLCVEQCKMPKKNFITLFTGNETSDTWFNAAIAMNKPWSEKLHDVSEEVHRALQKLQQIEEETGLTIEQVKDINRRMSIGEAKARRAKKEMVEANLRLVISIAKKYTNRGLQFLDLIQEGNIGLMKAVDKFEYRRGYKFSTYATWWIRQAITRSIADQARTIRIPVHMIETINKLNRISRQMLQEMGREPTPEELAERMLMPEDKIRKVLKIAKEPISMETPIGDDEDSHLGDFIEDTTLELPLDSATTESLRAATHDVLAGLTAREAKVLRMRFGIDMNTDYTLEEVGKQFDVTRERIRQIEAKALRKLRHPSRSEVLRSFLDD

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	562
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

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Unit-cell length a length_a	1.000 Å
Unit-cell length b length_b	1.000 Å
Unit-cell length c length_c	1.000 Å
Unit-cell angle α angle_alpha	90.00 °
Unit-cell angle β angle_beta	90.00 °
Unit-cell angle γ angle_gamma	90.00 °
Molecules per unit cell Z z_pdb	—

Space group space_group	P 1
Space-group number int_tables_number	1
Crystal system crystal_system	—

Resolution resolution	3.97 Å
Resolution测定Method resolution_method	—
颗粒数 num_particles	583044

Cryo-EM structure of E.coli transcription initiation complex with transcription factor GcvA

1. Protein Identity and Related Structures Protein Identity & Related Structures

Glycine cleavage system transcriptional activator

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ;

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

RNA polymerase sigma factor RpoD

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

3. Official assembly/model SAXS Official SAXS Profiles

8y6u__assembly_1__model_1

8y6u__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

8y6u__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

4. Crystallography and Experiment 4. Crystallography & Experiment

Unit cell Unit Cell

Symmetry Symmetry

冷冻电镜 EM 3D

5. Entities and Polymers Entities & Polymers (8)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 2 Entity 2 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 3 Entity 3 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 6 Entity 6 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 7 Entity 7 polymer

Polymer Polymer