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2.A.6.6.15
Niemann-Pick type C1 type 1a isoform A of 1287 aas and 14 TMSs.  One TMS is N-terminal, one is at position 280 aa, and this is followed by another TMS at position 360 followed by the usual 5 + 1 + 5 TMs arrangement, where each of the 5 TMS units have these TMSs in a 3 + 2 TMS arrangement with a strong peak of amphipathicity between the third and the fourth TMSs.  The ortholog regulates cholesterol transport and metamorphosis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori (Ke et al. 2020).

Accession Number:Q9VL24
Protein Name:Niemann-Pick type C-1a, isoform A
Length:1287
Molecular Weight:143292.00
Species:Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) [7227]
Number of TMSs:14
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Membrane1 / Multi-pass membrane protein2
Substrate cholesterol

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MSPRSPLRIS PFGVHILIAA VLFTLIQSSK QDCVWYGVCN TNDFSHSQNC PYNGTAKEMA 
61:	TDGLELLKKR CGFLLENSEN KFCCDKNQVE LLNKNVELAG NILDRCPSCM ENLVRHICQF 
121:	TCSPKQAEFM HVVATQKNKK GDEYISSVDL HISTEYINKT YKSCSQVSVP QTGQLAFDLM 
181:	CGAYSASRCN PTKWFNFMGD ATNPYVPFQI TYIQHEPKSN SNNFTPLNVT TVPCNQAVSS 
241:	KLPACSCSDC DLSCPQGPPE PPRPEPFKIV GLDAYFVIMA AVFLVGVLVF LMGSFLFTQG 
301:	SSMDDNFQVD GNDVSDEMPY SENDSYFEKL GAHTETFLET FFTKWGTYFA SNPGLTLIAG 
361:	ASLVVILGYG INFIEITTDP VKLWASPNSK SRLEREFFDT KFSPFYRLEQ IIIKAVNLPQ 
421:	IVHNTSNGPY TFGPVFDREF LTKVLDLQEG IKEINANGTQ LKDICYAPLS DDGSEIDVSQ 
481:	CVVQSIWGYF GDDRERLDDH DEDNGFNVTY LDALYDCISN PYLCLAPYGG PVDPAIALGG 
541:	FLPPGDQLTG STKFELANAI ILTFLVKNHH NKTDLENALT WEKKFVEFMT NYTKNNMSQY 
601:	MDIAFTSERS IEDELNRESQ SDVLTILVSY LIMFMYIAIS LGHVKEFKRV FIDSKITLGI 
661:	GGVIIVLASV VSSVGVFGYI GLPATLIIVE VIPFLVLAVG VDNIFILVQT HQRDQRKPNE 
721:	TLEQQVGRIL GKVGPSMLLT SLSESFCFFL GGLSDMPAVR AFALYAGVAL IIDFLLQITC 
781:	FVSLFTLDTK RREENRMDIC CFIKGKKPDS ITSNEGLLYK FFSSVYVPFL MKKIVRASVM 
841:	VIFFAWLCFS IAIAPRIDIG LDQELAMPQD SFVLHYFQSL NENLNIGPPV YFVLKGDLAY 
901:	TNSSDQNLVC AGQYCNDDSV LTQIYLASRH SNQTYIARPA SSWIDDYFDW AAAASSCCKY 
961:	RKDSGDFCPH QDTSCLRCNI TKNSLLRPEE KEFVKYLPFF LKDNPDDTCA KAGHAAYGGA 
1021:	VRYSNSHERL NIEASYFMAY HTILKSSADY FLALESARKI SANITQMLQG RLMSNGVPMA 
1081:	SALTVEVFPY SVFYVFYEQY LTMWSDTLQS MGISVLSIFV VTFVLMGFDV HSALVVVITI 
1141:	TMIVVNLGGL MYYWNISLNA VSLVNLVMAV GISVEFCSHL VHSFATSKSV SQIDRAADSL 
1201:	SKMGSSIFSG ITLTKFAGIL VLAFAKSQIF QVFYFRMYLG IVVIGAAHGL IFLPVLLSYI 
1261:	GAPVSNARLR YHSQAAAEHE TALAGIL