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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e5hx2D5[D:340-411]
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Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h2tA3[A:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.20Å
e3h2tB3[B:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.20Å
e3h3wA3[A:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wB3[B:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wC3[C:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wD3[D:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wE3[E:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wF3[F:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wG3[G:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wH3[H:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wI3[I:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wJ3[J:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wK3[K:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3wL3[L:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 12.0Å
e3h3yA3[A:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yB3[B:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yC3[C:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yD3[D:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yE3[E:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yF3[F:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yG3[G:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yH3[H:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yI3[I:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yJ3[J:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yK3[K:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3h3yL3[L:342-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate structural protein Gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5hx2E6[E:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5A4[A:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5B1[B:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5X5[X:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5Y6[Y:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5u6[u:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5v5[v:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5BH6[BH:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5BI6[BI:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5EA7[EA:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5EB4[EB:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5GD6[GD:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv5GE6[GE:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7A7[A:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7B6[B:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7Q6[Q:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7R6[R:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7g5[g:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7h5[h:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7w7[w:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7x6[x:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7BF5[BF:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7BG6[BG:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7EA2[EA:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5iv7EB6[EB:340-411] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate wedge protein gp6 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
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