SUPERFAMILY 1.73 HMM library and genome assignments server


4-helical cytokines superfamily

SCOP classification
Root:   SCOP hierarchy in SUPERFAMILY [ 0] (11)
Class:   All alpha proteins [ 46456] (258)
Fold:   4-helical cytokines [ 47265]
  core: 4 helices; bundle, closed; left-handed twist; 2 crossover connections
Superfamily:   4-helical cytokines [ 47266] (3)
Families:   Long-chain cytokines [ 47267] (9)
  Short-chain cytokines [ 47286] (11)
  Interferons/interleukin-10 (IL-10) [ 47305] (8)
  contains an additional helix in one of the crossover connections


Superfamily statistics
Genomes (47) UniProt 15.0 PDB chains (SCOP 1.73)
Domains 1,882 3,142 72
Proteins 1,882 3,142 70


Functional annotation
General category Processes_EC
Detailed category Immune response

Function annotation of SCOP domain superfamilies
InterPro annotation
Cross references IPR009079 SSF47266 Protein matches
Abstract

These domains display a core structure consisting of a closed bundle of four helices in a left-handed twist, with two crossover connections. Proteins containing such domains include long-chain cytokines, such as leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) [PubMed14511776], the growth hormone somatotropin [PubMed14507421], interleukin-6 [PubMed9118960] and leptin [PubMed9144295]; short-chain cytokines, such as erythropoietin [PubMed9783743], stem cell factor (SCF) [PubMed10880433], macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) and interleukin-2, -3, -4, -5 and -13; and interferons/interleukin-10.


InterPro database

PDBeMotif information about ligands, sequence and structure motifs
Cross references PDB entries
Ligand binding statistics
Nucleic-acid binding statistics
Occurrence of secondary structure elements
Occurrence of small 3D structural motifs

PDBeMotif resource

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Internal database links

Browse genome assignments for this superfamily. The SUPERFAMILY hidden Markov model library has been used to carry out SCOP domain assignments to all genomes at the superfamily level.


Alignments of sequences to 41 models in this superfamily are available by clicking on the 'Alignments' icon above. PDB sequences less than 40% identical are shown by default, but any other sequence(s) may be aligned. Select PDB sequences, genome sequences, or paste in or upload your own sequences.


Browse and view proteins in genomes which have different domain combinations including a 4-helical cytokines domain.


Examine the distribution of domain superfamilies, or families, across the major taxonomic kingdoms or genomes within a kingdom. This gives an immediate impression of how superfamilies, or families, are restricted to certain kingdoms of life.


Explore domain occurrence network where nodes represent genomes and edges are domain architectures (shared between genomes) containing the superfamily of interest.

There are 41 hidden Markov models representing the 4-helical cytokines superfamily. Information on how the models are built, and plots showing hydrophobicity, match emmission probabilities and insertion/deletion probabilities can be inspected.


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