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




Representatives:
Domain assembly:
e2f0cA2[A:17-62]
nonrep
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PHAGE TP901-1 ORF49 (BPP) , X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.65Å
e3d8mA2[A:17-62] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Baseplate protein, Receptor binding protein ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.35Å
e4diwA2[A:2-62] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xA2[A:2-62] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4hepA2[A:2-62] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.75Å
e4diwX2[X:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwu2[u:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xB2[B:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwT2[T:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diws2[s:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwD2[D:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diw12[1:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xL2[L:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e3u6xD2[D:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e3u6xI2[I:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwV2[V:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwj2[j:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwp2[p:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwi2[i:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwv2[v:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwn2[n:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwJ2[J:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwO2[O:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xJ2[J:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e3u6xG2[G:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwZ2[Z:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xQ2[Q:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwS2[S:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwF2[F:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwa2[a:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwN2[N:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xM2[M:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwy2[y:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwL2[L:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwm2[m:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwb2[b:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwC2[C:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xP2[P:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwE2[E:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xN2[N:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e3u6xC2[C:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwP2[P:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwg2[g:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwQ2[Q:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xK2[K:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwz2[z:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwq2[q:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwK2[K:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xO2[O:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e3u6xH2[H:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwY2[Y:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwr2[r:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwH2[H:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diw22[2:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwd2[d:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xE2[E:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwk2[k:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diww2[w:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwh2[h:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwU2[U:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwW2[W:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwo2[o:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xF2[F:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwR2[R:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwM2[M:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3u6xR2[R:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.6Å
e4diwe2[e:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwl2[l:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwG2[G:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwB2[B:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwx2[x:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwc2[c:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwt2[t:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwI2[I:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e4diwf2[f:1-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH Obsolete PDB
e3hg0A2[A:33-62] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BASEPLATE PROTEIN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.1Å
e3hg0B2[B:34-62] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BASEPLATE PROTEIN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.1Å
e3da0C2[C:33-62] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Cleaved chimeric receptor binding protein from bacteriophages TP901-1 and p2 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.65Å
e4hemA2[A:34-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.65Å
e4hemB2[B:34-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.65Å
e4hemC1[C:33-62] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.65Å
e4v96BA2[BA:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BB2[BB:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BC2[BC:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BD2[BD:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BE2[BE:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BF2[BF:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BG2[BG:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BH2[BH:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BI2[BI:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BJ2[BJ:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BK2[BK:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BL2[BL:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BM2[BM:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BN2[BN:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BO2[BO:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BP2[BP:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BQ2[BQ:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BR2[BR:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BS2[BS:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BT2[BT:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BU2[BU:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BV2[BV:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BW2[BW:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BX2[BX:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BY2[BY:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96BZ2[BZ:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Ba2[Ba:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bb2[Bb:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bc2[Bc:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bd1[Bd:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Be2[Be:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bf2[Bf:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bg2[Bg:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bh2[Bh:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bi2[Bi:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bj2[Bj:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bk2[Bk:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bl2[Bl:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bm2[Bm:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bn2[Bn:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bo2[Bo:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bp2[Bp:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bq2[Bq:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Br2[Br:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bs2[Bs:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bt2[Bt:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bu2[Bu:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bv2[Bv:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bw2[Bw:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bx2[Bx:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96By2[By:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96Bz2[Bz:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96B12[B1:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
e4v96B22[B2:2-61] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
BPP ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.8Å
Domain assembly:
Domain assembly:
e3ejcA2[A:2-62]
* nonrep
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BASEPLATE PROTEIN (BPP) ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 1.85Å
e3hg0C2[C:32-62]
* nonrep
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BASEPLATE PROTEIN ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.1Å
Domain assembly:
e5e7tH1[H:1-57]
nonrep
Image
Pymol
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CATH, PubMed,
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Major structural protein 1 , X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.9Å
e5e7tG1[G:2-57] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Major structural protein 1 , X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.9Å
e5e7tI1[I:1-57] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
Major structural protein 1 , X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.9Å

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