C5. Structual Clases of Proteins
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Proteins can be divided into 3 classes of protein, depending on their characteristic secondary structure. Click below for Chime structures showing examples of these proteins.
- alpha proteins - consist of predominately alpha helix.
Jmol: Updated cytochrome B562 Jmol14 (Java) | JSMol (HTML5)
Jmol: Updated met-myoglobin Jmol14 (Java) | JSMol (HTML5)
- alpha/beta proteins - consist of a common of alpha and beta structure. These are the most common class.
Jmol: Updated triose phosphate isomerase Jmol14 (Java) | JSMol (HTML5)
Jmol: Updated hexokinase Jmol14 (Java) | JSMol (HTML5)
- beta proteins - consist of predominantly beta structure.
Jmol: Updated superoxide dismutase Jmol14 (Java) | JSMol (HTML5)
Jmol: Updated human IgG1 antibodyJmol14 (Java) | JSMol (HTML5)
Jmol: Updated retinol binding proteinJmol14 (Java) | JSMol (HTML5)
fatty acid binding proteins; Peptide-N(4)-(N-Acetyl-b-D-Glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase (PNGase F) - under construction.
A more complete classification of protein structure has been developed based on the following hierarchy of organization: Class, Architecture, Topology, and Homologous Superfamilies - CATH.
- Class: the highest level of organization which consists of four classes - mainly alpha, mainly beta, alpha-beta, and few secondary structures
- Architecture (40 types): describes the shape of domain based on secondary structures but doesn't describe how they are connected. Ex: beta barrel, beta propellor
- Topology (or fold group, 1233 types): members in topology groups have a common fold or topology in the "core" of the domain structure.
- Homologous Superfamilies (2386 types): These groups are homologous in sequence or structure and derive from a common precursor gene/protein.
Structural Biology Knowledge Base
Here are some 3D structures resources, accessible through a sequence or ID-based search. and collated in Nature's Structural Biology Knowledge Base.
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CATH - structural classification of manually curated classification of protein domain structures
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DisProt - Database of Protein Disorder
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Gene3D - CATH domain assignments for protein sequences
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NESG Functional Annotation Database - Computational analysis of function of protein of unknown function
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Membrane proteins of known 3D structure
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RCSB PDB - Protein Data Bank USA
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PDBe - Protein Databank Europe
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PDBj - Protein Databank Japan
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PDBsum - a pictorial database that provides an at-a-glance overview of the contents of each 3D structure deposited in the Protein Data Bank
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PROCOGNATE - database of cognate ligands for the domains of enzyme structures in CATH, SCOP and Pfam
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SCOP - Structural Classification of Proteins: detailed and comprehensive description of the structural and evolutionary relationships between all proteins whose structures are known
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SMART (Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool) - allows the identification and annotation of genetically mobile domains and the analysis of domain architectures