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




Representatives:
e3nk3A1[A:51-157]
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Zona pellucida 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.60Å
e3d4cA2[A:372-474] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; ligands: CD ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.900Å
e3d4gA2[A:372-473] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.300Å
e3d4gB2[B:372-473] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.300Å
e3d4gC2[C:372-473] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.300Å
e3d4gD2[D:372-473] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.300Å
e3d4gE2[E:372-474] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.300Å
e3d4gF2[F:372-474] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.300Å
e3d4gG2[G:372-474] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.300Å
e3d4gH2[H:372-473] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.300Å
e3nk4A2[A:51-156] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Zona pellucida 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.00Å
e3nk3B1[B:51-156] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Zona pellucida 3 ; ligands: FLC ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.60Å
e3nk4B3[B:52-157] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Zona pellucida 3 ; ligands: FLC ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.00Å
e3ef7A4[A:372-480] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.100Å
e3ef7B4[B:372-480] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein, LINKER, Zona pellucida protein 3 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.100Å
e4wrnA3[A:429-530] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein,Uromodulin ; ligands: NAG ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.20Å
e4wrnB3[B:423-530] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein,Uromodulin ; ligands: NAG ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.20Å
e5osqA3[A:372-474] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein,Zona pellucida sperm-binding protein 3 ; ligands: CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.050Å
e5osqB2[B:372-473] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein,Zona pellucida sperm-binding protein 3 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.050Å
e6zs5A1[A:328-443] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Uromodulin ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6zyaA2[A:328-430] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Uromodulin ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6tqkA2[A:323-430] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Uromodulin ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6tqlA2[A:323-430] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Uromodulin ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6tqkC1[C:328-444] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Uromodulin ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6tqlC1[C:328-444] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Uromodulin ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5hzvA3[A:749-843] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Maltose-binding periplasmic protein,Endoglin ; ligands: GOL ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.69Å

Pseudo group of domains that do not map to PFam family profiles. Domains inside should not be considered as in one family.
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
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