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2kk1

2kk1 is a four-character alphanumeric string that can serve as an identifier in a variety of databases, catalogs, and software systems. Codes of this form are widely used because they are concise and easy to index. In practice, the precise meaning of 2kk1 depends on the registry in which it appears, and some systems distinguish letter case (for example, uppercase vs lowercase), while others normalize identifiers for lookup.

In biological databases, four-character IDs are commonly used to label macromolecular structures. The Protein Data Bank

Outside biology, 2kk1 might function as a product model number, project code, software build tag, or internal

(PDB),
for
instance,
assigns
four-character
codes
to
individual
entries.
If
2KK1
has
been
allocated
as
a
PDB
ID,
it
would
designate
a
single
structure
and
would
be
accompanied
by
metadata
such
as
authors,
journal
citation,
experimental
method,
resolution,
and
coordinate
files.
The
entry
would
also
link
to
related
data
such
as
sequence
information
and
related
materials.
Note
that
not
every
four-character
combination
is
guaranteed
to
correspond
to
an
existing
entry;
some
are
unused
or
reserved.
catalog
identifier.
Because
it
is
not
unique
to
one
domain,
the
exact
meaning
of
2kk1
must
be
inferred
from
context.
To
determine
its
reference,
locate
the
code
in
the
relevant
database
or
document
and
perform
a
targeted
search,
checking
for
capitalization
variants
or
concatenated
forms
such
as
2KK1.