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

Refs: Structure 14, 1489-1498; Current opinion in structural biology 18, 358-365



54123, 3-crossover-4

Representatives:
e4ww4B2[B:131-239]
nonrep
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RuvB-like 2 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.940Å
e4wvyA2[A:126-236]
nonrep
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Pymol
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RuvB-like 1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 3.640Å
e2cqaA1[A:8-89]
nonrep
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Pymol
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RuvB-like 2 ; SOLUTION NMR
e8oo7A3[A:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oo7B1[B:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oocA3[A:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oocB3[B:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oopA1[A:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oopB2[B:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oopC1[C:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oorA2[A:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oorB1[B:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oorC1[C:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oo7D1[D:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oocD1[D:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oopD3[D:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oorD2[D:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oo7F3[F:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oocF2[F:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oopE3[E:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oopF2[F:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oorE2[E:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oorF1[F:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etsW1[W:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etsY1[Y:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etuU3[U:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etuW2[W:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etuY2[Y:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etwU3[U:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etwW1[W:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etwY1[Y:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eu9W2[W:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eu9Y2[Y:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eufU3[U:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eufW3[W:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eufY2[Y:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etsV1[V:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etsX2[X:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etuT2[T:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etuV3[V:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etuX2[X:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etwT2[T:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etwV2[V:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etwX1[X:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eu9V1[V:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eu9X1[X:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eufT2[T:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eufV3[V:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eufX3[X:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e2c9oB3[B:125-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RUVB-LIKE 1 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.200Å
e6fhsC2[C:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6etxB2[B:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
e6fhsA3[A:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6fhsB3[B:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6fmlA2[A:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6fmlB2[B:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6fmlC2[C:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6etxD3[D:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
e6etxF2[F:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
e6etxA3[A:125-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
e6etxC3[C:125-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
e6etxE3[E:125-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
e5oafA2[A:125-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5oafC1[C:125-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5oafE2[E:125-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5oafB3[B:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5oafD1[D:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e5ounA1[A:128-210] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 2 ; SOLUTION NMR
e5n7rA3[A:131-201,A:227-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
e6h7xA2[A:131-202,A:228-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; X-RAY DIFFRACTION 2.892Å
e6gejT2[T:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6htsB1[B:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6gejU1[U:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6gejW2[W:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6genU2[U:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6genW3[W:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6genY3[Y:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6gejV2[V:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6gejX1[X:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6genT2[T:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6genV1[V:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6genX2[X:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like protein 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6htsD1[D:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6htsF1[F:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6igmA3[A:125-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6igmE3[E:125-194,E:219-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6igmB1[B:131-202,B:226-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6igmD3[D:131-210,D:232-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6igmC3[C:125-136,C:157-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e6igmF2[F:131-197,F:232-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7oleA3[A:223-333] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7oleC3[C:125-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7oleE2[E:125-235] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 1 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7oleB1[B:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7oleD2[D:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7oleF2[F:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8av6D2[D:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8av6E1[E:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8av6F2[F:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8av6A1[A:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8av6B2[B:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8av6C1[C:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
RuvB-like helicase ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7zi4B2[B:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7zi4D1[D:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e7zi4F1[F:131-240] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH
RuvB-like 2 ; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oo7C2[C:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oocC1[C:126-236] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oo7E3[E:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8oocE3[E:131-239] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eu9U1[U:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etsU2[U:129-237] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8eu9T2[T:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
e8etsT2[T:134-244] Image Pymol Jmol Links: PDB, SCOP, CATH, PubMed, DOI
; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

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