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Reconstructed clathrin lattices from the cryo-electron tomogram of coated vesicles.
| number of edges | number of triskelions | number of pentagons | number of hexagons | number of heptagons | vesicle diameter (Å) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1: | 90 | 60 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 500 |
| 2: | 75 | 50 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 390 |
| 3: | 66 | 44 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 370 |
| 4: | 60 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 400 |
| 5: | 60 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 370 |
| 6: * | 57 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 360 |
| 7: * | 57 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 340 |
| 8: | 54 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 310 |
Vesicles 6 and 7 have the same number of triskelions, but the lattices are mirror images of each other.
