Evolutionary classification of protein domain structures
alpha arraysalpha-helix arrays with mainly perpendicular helices
alpha bundlesalpha-helix bundles with mainly parallel helices
alpha superhelicesrepeating alpha-helix hairpins form a superhelix
alpha duplicates or obligate multimersalpha duplicates or monomers associate together to form a compact domain
alpha complex topologyalpha domain with complex and unique topology that cannot be described as array or bundle or superhelix
beta barrelssingle beta-sheet folded upon itself to form a barrel
beta meanderssingle beta-sheet with mainly meander topology
beta sandwichestwo beta-sheets stacked together to form a sandwich
beta duplicates or obligate multimersbeta duplicates or monomers associate together to form a compact domain
beta complex topologybeta domains with complex and unique topology that cannot be described as barrel or sandwich or meander
a+b two layersone alpha-helix layer and one beta-sheet layer




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e2q66A2[A:352-529]
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Poly(A) polymerase ; ligands: EDO ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.800Å
e3c66A2[A:352-529] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Poly(A) polymerase ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.600Å
e2o1pA2[A:352-529] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
POLY(A) POLYMERASE ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.7Å
e1fa0B2[B:352-529] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
POLY(A)-POLYMERASE ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e2hhpA2[A:352-529] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
POLY(A) POLYMERASE ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.8Å
e2o1pB2[B:352-529] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
POLY(A) POLYMERASE ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.7Å
e3c66B2[B:352-529] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Poly(A) polymerase ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.600Å
e1fa0A2[A:352-523] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
POLY(A)-POLYMERASE ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e1f5aA2[A:365-498] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
POLY(A) POLYMERASE ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.5Å
e1q78A2[A:365-498] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
POLY(A) POLYMERASE ALPHA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.8Å
e4lt6A3[A:364-501] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
POLY(A) POLYMERASE GAMMA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.79Å
e4lt6B3[B:364-497] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
POLY(A) POLYMERASE GAMMA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.79Å
e7q74B2[B:360-445,B:477-548] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Poly(A) polymerase pla1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.599Å
e7q73A1[A:360-550] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Poly(A) polymerase pla1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.900Å
e7q72A3[A:360-451,A:477-551] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Poly(A) polymerase pla1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.8Å
e7q72B2[B:360-447,B:477-551] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Poly(A) polymerase pla1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.8Å
e7q74A3[A:360-450,A:475-548] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Poly(A) polymerase pla1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.599Å
a+b three layersone mainly antiparallel beta-sheet layer sandwiched between two alpha-helix layers
a+b four layerstwo beta-sheet layers sandwiched between two alpha-helix layers
a+b complex topologyalpha and beta domain with complex and unique topology that cannot be described in layers
a+b duplicates or obligate multimersalpha and beta duplicates or monomers associated together to form a compact domain
a/b barrelsrepeating beta-alpha units form a barrel
a/b three-layered sandwichesrepeating beta-alpha units form a sandwich with a mainly parallel beta-sheet layer stacked between two alpha-helix layers
mixed a+b and a/balpha and beta domain consists of both a+b and a/b regions
few secondary structure elementsstabilized by cofactors or disulfides
extended segmentsextended, non-globular segments, frequently bind to other proteins to form complexes