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



3 duplicates forming a barrel

Representatives:
e1g6sA1[A:1-20,A:241-427]
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EPSP SYNTHASE ; ligands: FMT,GPJ,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.5Å
e2aa9A2[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,SKM ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.5Å
e2aayA1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,GPJ,SKM ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.55Å
e3fjxA1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.75Å
e3fjzA1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,GPF,S3P,SER ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.7Å
e3fk0A1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.7Å
e3fk1A1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,GPF,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.7Å
e1g6tA1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
EPSP SYNTHASE ; ligands: FMT,PO4,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.6Å
e1mi4A2[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase ; ligands: FMT,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.7Å
e3nvsA1[A:1-20,A:242-426] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: CL,EPE,GPJ,PO4,S3P,SKM ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.02Å
e2pq9A2[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE ; ligands: FMT,GG9 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.6Å
e1q36A2[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,SKP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.6Å
e2qfqA2[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.5Å
e2qfsA2[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.55Å
e2qftA1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,GPJ,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.55Å
e2qfuA1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,GPJ,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.6Å
e1x8rA2[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,SC1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.5Å
e1x8tA1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: FMT,RC1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.9Å
e1epsA1[A:1-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
5-ENOL-PYRUVYL-3-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.0Å
e5xwbA2[A:1-20,A:242-426] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.20Å
e5xwbB1[B:1-20,B:242-426] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.20Å
e3rmtB2[B:5-23,B:236-438] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE 1 ; ligands: SO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.8Å
e3rmtC1[C:5-23,C:236-440] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE 1 ; ligands: SO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.8Å
e3rmtD1[D:5-23,D:236-440] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE 1 ; ligands: SO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.8Å
e2gg6A2[A:6-26,A:244-450] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE ; ligands: S3P,SO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.64Å
e2ggaA1[A:6-26,A:244-450] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE ; ligands: GPJ,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.7Å
e2ggdA1[A:6-26,A:244-450] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: GPJ,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.7Å
e2pqbA2[A:6-26,A:244-450] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE ; ligands: GG9 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.8Å
e2pqcA2[A:6-26,A:244-450] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE ; ligands: RC1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.6Å
e2pqdA2[A:6-26,A:244-450] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: GG9 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.77Å
e7m0oA2[A:8-11,A:226-412] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: PO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.620Å
e7tm5B1[B:1-20,B:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: 1PE,FMT,PO4,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.410Å
e7tm4A1[A:2-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.700Å
e7tm5A2[A:2-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: 1PE,FMT,PO4,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.410Å
e7tm6A2[A:2-20,A:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: 1PE,GPJ,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.260Å
e7tm6B2[B:1-20,B:241-427] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase ; ligands: 1PE,GPJ,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.260Å
e1g6sA2[A:21-240]
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EPSP SYNTHASE ; ligands: FMT,GPJ,S3P ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.5Å
e1ejdA1[A:1-20,A:230-419]
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UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ENOLPYRUVYLTRANSFERASE ; ligands: HAI,PO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.55Å
e1ejdA2[A:21-229]
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UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ENOLPYRUVYLTRANSFERASE ; ligands: HAI,PO4 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.55Å
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