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"Winged helix" DNA-binding domain superfamily

SCOP classification
Root:   SCOP hierarchy in SUPERFAMILY [ 0] (11)
Class:   All alpha proteins [ 46456] (258)
Fold:   DNA/RNA-binding 3-helical bundle [ 46688] (14)
  core: 3-helices; bundle, closed or partly opened, right-handed twist; up-and down
Superfamily:   "Winged helix" DNA-binding domain [ 46785] (68)
Families:   Biotin repressor-like [ 46786] (2)
  LexA repressor, N-terminal DNA-binding domain [ 46789]
  Arginine repressor (ArgR), N-terminal DNA-binding domain [ 46792]
  Transcriptional repressor Rex, N-terminal domain [ 101007]
  CAP C-terminal domain-like [ 46796] (6)
  Lrp/AsnC-like transcriptional regulator N-terminal domain [ 68967] (4)
  Swapped dimer with the "wing" C-terminal strands
  ArsR-like transcriptional regulators [ 46801] (4)
  The N- and C-terminal helical extensions to the common fold form the dimer interface
  Transcriptional regulator IclR, N-terminal domain [ 74676]
  MarR-like transcriptional regulators [ 63379] (16)
  The N- and C-terminal helical extensions to the common fold form the dimer interface
  DNA-binding protein Mj223 [ 81690]
  homologous to the MarR-like family in the DNA-binding region but dimerizes differently through the N- and C-terminal helical extensions to the common fold
  Penicillinase repressor [ 101016] (2)
  homologous to the MarR-like family in the DNA-binding region but has a different dimerisation subdomain
  GntR-like transcriptional regulators [ 46804] (2)
  N-terminal domain of Bacillus PurR [ 101021]
  Replication terminator protein (RTP) [ 46807]
  LysR-like transcriptional regulators [ 88979] (2)
  contains long helix in the C-terminal extension; forms dimer similar to the RTP dimer
  N-terminal domain of molybdate-dependent transcriptional regulator ModE [ 46810]
  contains beta-hairpin in the N-terminal extension and two helices in the C-terminal extension
  Transcription factor MotA, activation domain [ 46813]
  The N- and C-terminal helical extensions to the common fold form the dimer interface (distinct from that of ArsR-like family)
  Transcription factor E/IIe-alpha, N-terminal domain [ 101024]
  contains extra N-terminal helix
  FUR-like [ 101027]
  contains extra N-terminal helix and an alpha+beta dimerisation subdomain
  Replication initiation protein [ 46816] (2)
  duplication: tandem repeat of two "winged helix" domains arranged with the pseudo twofold symmetry
  Helicase DNA-binding domain [ 46819] (4)
  follows the extended AAA-ATPase domain
  RecQ helicase DNA-binding domain-like [ 101030] (2)
  follows the tandem AAA-ATPase domain
  SCF ubiquitin ligase complex WHB domain [ 74679] (2)
  C-terminal fragment of elongation factor SelB [ 74683]
  Restriction endonuclease FokI, N-terminal (recognition) domain [ 46824]
  TnsA endonuclease, C-terminal domain [ 46782]
  Plant O-methyltransferase, N-terminal domain [ 63475] (5)
  unknown function
  Linker histone H1/H5 [ 46827] (3)
  Forkhead DNA-binding domain [ 46832] (6)
  DNA-binding domain from rap30 [ 46841]
  C-terminal domain of the rap74 subunit of TFIIF [ 63480]
  C-terminal domain of RPA32 [ 46844]
  DEP domain [ 63483] (4)
  membrane-binding domain
  Cell cycle transcription factor e2f-dp [ 46847] (2)
  heterodimer of two homologous chains
  The central core domain of TFIIE beta [ 46850]
  Z-DNA binding domain [ 46853] (4)
  Pfam 02295
  P4 origin-binding domain-like [ 46856] (2)
  C-terminus passes through the first loop
  ets domain [ 46859] (8)
  Heat-shock transcription factor [ 46873]
  Interferon regulatory factor [ 46877] (3)
  Pfam 00605
  39 kda initiator binding protein, IBP39, N-terminal domain [ 101045]
  Iron-dependent repressor protein [ 46882] (3)
  Dissimilatory sulfite reductase DsvD [ 101048]
  La domain [ 101051] (2)
  Pfam 05383; RNA-binding domain
  Methionine aminopeptidase, insert domain [ 46887]
  circularly permuted version of the "winged helix" fold
  PCI domain (PINT motif) [ 109671] (2)
  Pfam 01399
  Hypothetical protein F93 [ 109674]
  contains long helix in the C-terminal extension; forms dimer similar to the RTP and LysR dimers
  Archaeal DNA-binding protein [ 109677]
  contains long helix in the C-terminal extension; forms dimer similar to the RTP and LysR dimers
  TrmB-like [ 109680] (2)
  The N- and C-terminal helical extensions to the common fold form the dimer interface, distinct from other known families
  Heat-inducible transcription repressor HrcA, N-terminal domain [ 109683]
  similar domain organization to the transcriptional regulator IclR
  DNA replication factor Cdt1 [ 109686]
  Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit 12, eIF3k, C-terminal domain [ 109689]
  C-terminal part of Pfam 06272
  Vacuolar sorting protein domain [ 109692] (3)
  duplication: tandem repeat of two "winged-helix" domains
  Transcriptional regulator Rrf2 [ 109699] (2)
  Pfam 02082
  Rio2 serine protein kinase N-terminal domain [ 109702]
  Rad21/Rec8-like [ 116795]
  Pfam 04824
  Hypothetical protein PH1932 [ 116798]
  contains new dimerisation all-alpha C-terminal subdomain
  An Obfc1 domain [ 116801]
  helix-loop insertion in the HTH motif
  ScpB/YpuH-like [ 116804]
  Pfam 04079
duplication: tandem repeat of two 'winged helix' domains; forms a dimer via the C-terminal domain
  PadR-like [ 116807] (3)
  Pfam 03551; related to the MarR-like family (Pfam 01047)
  Hypothetical protein YhgG [ 116812]
  ROK associated domain [ 140279] (3)
  found N-terminal to ROK domain in some proteins
  PF1790-like [ 140286]
  sequence similarity to PH1932 in the N-terminal domain; the C-terminal domain provides new dimerisation interface made of a beta-hairpin and a coiled coil
  MukF N-terminal domain-like [ 140289]
  N-terminal part of Pfam 03882
  CodY HTH domain [ 140292]
  Pfam 08222
  FtsK C-terminal domain-like [ 140295]
  PfamB 000224
  Nudix-associated domain [ 140299] (2)
  PfamB 002148; this domain is C-terminal to the Nudix domain in some bacterial proteins
  HxlR-like [ 140304] (4)
  Pfam 01638; DUF24; the N- and C-terminal helical extensions to the common fold form the dimer interface similar to that of the ArsR-like family (scop_fa 46801)


Superfamily statistics
Genomes (1,226) UniProt 15.0 PDB chains (SCOP 1.73)
Domains 98,177 113,134 250
Proteins 95,651 110,633 237


Functional annotation
General category Regulation
Detailed category DNA-binding

Function annotation of SCOP domain superfamilies

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