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
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




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e1smyC7[C:1000-1119]
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DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE BETA CHAIN ; ligands: MG ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.7Å
e4c2mB7[B:1041-1203]
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DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE I SUBUNIT RPA135 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.80Å
e4by7B7[B:1098-1224]
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DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.15Å
e5ip7B3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.520Å
e5ip9B3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.450Å
e4a3bB4[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.50Å
e4a3cB5[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.50Å
e4a3dB1[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.40Å
e4a3eB3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.40Å
e4a3fB5[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.50Å
e4a3gB7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.50Å
e4a3iB5[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.80Å
e4a3jB4[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.7Å
e4a3kB2[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.50Å
e4a3lB2[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.50Å
e4a3mB1[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.90Å
e4a93B5[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.40Å
e2b63B6[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e2b8kB1[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.15Å
e4bxxB1[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.28Å
e4bxzB5[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.80Å
e4by1B4[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.60Å
e3gtlB4[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.38Å
e3gtmB7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.80Å
e3gtoB7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.0Å
e3gtpB3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.90Å
e3gtqB6[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.80Å
e3h3vC1[C:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.000Å
e3houB3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.2Å
e3houN6[N:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.2Å
e3hovB7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.5Å
e3howB7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.6Å
e3hoxB2[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.65Å
e1i6hB7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140KD POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.3Å
e3j0kB7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II 140 kDa polypeptide ; ligands: ZN ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e3j1nB3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e2ja5B2[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.800Å
e2ja6B7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.00Å
e2ja7B3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.80Å
e2ja7N2[N:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.80Å
e2ja8B7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.80Å
e3k1fB3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.3Å
e3k7aB2[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e3m3yB5[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.18Å
e3m4oB5[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.57Å
e1nikB3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
ORF YOR151c ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.100Å
e1nt9B6[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED POLYMERASE II SECOND LARGEST SUBUNIT ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.2Å
e3po2B7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.3Å
e3po3B6[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ACT,EPE,ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.3Å
e1pqvB3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II 140 kDa polypeptide ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.80Å
e3qt1B7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.3Å
e1r5uB1[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.5Å
e2r7zB4[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.80Å
e1r9sB2[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.25Å
e1r9tB4[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.5Å
e2r92B6[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.800Å
e2r93B6[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.0Å
e1sfoB3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.61Å
e2vumB3[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.40Å
e1wcmB7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SECOND LARGEST SUBUNIT ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e2y0sR3[R:999-1122] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.79Å
e1y1vB4[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II 140 kDa polypeptide ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
e1y1wB4[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.0Å
e1y1yB5[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II 140 kDa polypeptide ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4Å
e1y77B7[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.5Å
e4x67B1[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.100Å
e4x6aB2[B:1098-1222] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.950Å
e3hoyB4[B:1098-1224] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II SUBUNIT RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.4Å
e2pmzB5[B:996-1119] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit B ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.400Å
e2pmzR5[R:996-1119] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit B ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.400Å
e4b1oB2[B:999-1125] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4aybB1[B:999-1125] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.20Å
e3hkzJ2[J:996-1119] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit B ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.4Å
e3hkzB5[B:996-1119] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit B ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.4Å
e4v8sAR6[AR:999-1125] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.30Å
e4v8sBB1[BB:999-1125] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 4.30Å
e4b1pR6[R:999-1125] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3h0gN4[N:1087-1210] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.650Å
e3h0gB4[B:1087-1210] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.650Å
e2y0sB3[B:999-1122] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.79Å
e2wb1R1[R:999-1122] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE RPO2 SUBUNIT ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.52Å
e2wb1B1[B:999-1122] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE RPO2 SUBUNIT ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.52Å
e2waqB4[B:999-1122] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE RPO2 SUBUNIT ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.35Å
e7okyB3[B:1131-1251] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta ; ligands: ZN ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7ol0B3[B:1131-1251] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta ; ligands: ZN ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7oqyB3[B:995-1120] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit B ; ligands: ZN ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7fjiB3[B:1015-1132] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase III subunit RPC2 ; ligands: ZN ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7oobB3[B:1054-1174] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta ; ligands: ZN ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7oopB3[B:1054-1174] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta ; ligands: ZN ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e2e2iB13[B:1098-1224]
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DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE II 140 KDA POLYPEPTIDE ; ligands: ZN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.41Å
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