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




Representatives:
e2pmbA1[A:5-116]
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Uncharacterized protein ; ligands: PO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.990Å
e2pmbB2[B:5-116] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Uncharacterized protein ; ligands: GOL,PO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.990Å
e2pmbC2[C:5-116] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Uncharacterized protein ; ligands: PO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.990Å
e2pmbD2[D:5-117] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Uncharacterized protein ; ligands: PO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.990Å
e3bq9A2[A:1-106] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Predicted Rossmann fold nucleotide-binding domain-containing protein ; ligands: GOL ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.75Å
e3bq9B2[B:1-106] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Predicted Rossmann fold nucleotide-binding domain-containing protein ; ligands: GOL ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.75Å
e3gh1A2[A:2-108] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Predicted nucleotide-binding protein ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.832Å
e3gh1B2[B:2-108] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Predicted nucleotide-binding protein ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.832Å
e3gh1C2[C:2-113] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Predicted nucleotide-binding protein ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.832Å
e3gh1D2[D:2-108] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Predicted nucleotide-binding protein ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.832Å
e4npaB1[B:5-117] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Putative uncharacterized protein ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.1Å
e4npaA2[A:5-127] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Putative uncharacterized protein ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.1Å
e4npaC2[C:5-117] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Putative uncharacterized protein ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.1Å
e4npaD3[D:6-116] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
Putative uncharacterized protein ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.1Å
e6gflA2[A:-1-106] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Pyrimidine/purine nucleotide 5'-monophosphate nucleosidase ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.48Å
e6gfmA1[A:-3-105] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Pyrimidine/purine nucleotide 5'-monophosphate nucleosidase ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.77Å
e6gflB2[B:-1-112] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Pyrimidine/purine nucleotide 5'-monophosphate nucleosidase ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.48Å
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