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:
e4kq7A1[A:45-207] nonrep Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
hypothetical protein ; ligands: NA,PEG ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.62Å
e4kq7B2[B:45-207] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
hypothetical protein ; ligands: NA,PEG ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.62Å
e7v1vA1[A:3-199,A:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: CA,TAR ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.96Å
e7v1vB2[B:4-199,B:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: CA,MPD ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.96Å
e7v1vC2[C:4-199,C:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.96Å
e7v1vD2[D:4-199,D:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: CA,MPD,TAR ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.96Å
e7v1vE2[E:4-199,E:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.96Å
e7v1vF2[F:3-199,F:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.96Å
e7v1wA2[A:3-199,A:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: BXX,CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.86Å
e7v1wB2[B:3-199,B:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: BXX,CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.86Å
e7v1wC2[C:3-199,C:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: BXX,CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.86Å
e7v1wD2[D:3-199,D:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: BXX,CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.86Å
e7v1wE2[E:3-199,E:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: BXX,CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.86Å
e7v1wF2[F:3-199,F:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase (alphaFFase1) ; ligands: BXX,CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.86Å
e7v1xA2[A:3-199,A:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase ; ligands: CA,FRU ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.76Å
e7v1xB2[B:3-199,B:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase ; ligands: CA,FRU ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.76Å
e7v1xC2[C:3-199,C:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase ; ligands: CA,FRU ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.76Å
e7v1xD2[D:3-199,D:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase ; ligands: CA,FRU ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.76Å
e7v1xE2[E:3-199,E:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase ; ligands: CA,FRU ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.76Å
e7v1xF2[F:3-199,F:404-449] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Difructose dianhydride I synthase/hydrolase ; ligands: CA,FRU ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.76Å
e8ah3A1[A:26-188] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
; ligands: CA ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.40Å
Pseudo group of domains that do not map to PFam family profiles. Domains inside should not be considered as in one family.
some similarity with Ig fold
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