Summary
K-Homology (KH) domain Superfamily
The KH domain is thought to be the second most prevalent RNA binding motif in proteins. The motif is characterised by a conserved GXXXGXXG in the middle of the domain. Structures of KH reveal that the KH domain is arranged as either a beta-alpha-alpha-beta-beta (mini-KH domain) or beta-alpha-alpha-beta-beta-alpha (maxi-KH domain). The secondary elements are separated by at least four loop segments. The second loop is located between beta-1 and al The KH domain can be found either as single or multiple copies. The KH domain usually binds RNA as a multimer.
This clan contains 5 families and the total number of domains in the clan is 38636. The clan was built by RD Finn.
Members
This clan contains the following 5 member families:
KH_1 KH_2 KH_3 KH_4 KH_5External database links
| CATH: | 3.30.70.210 |
| SCOP: | 54791 |
Domain organisation
Below is a listing of the unique domain organisations or architectures from this clan. More...
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Alignments
The table below shows the number of occurrences of each domain throughout the sequence database. More...
| Pfam family | Num. domains | Alignment |
|---|---|---|
| KH_1 (PF00013) | 19558 (50.6%) | View |
| KH_2 (PF07650) | 9989 (25.9%) | View |
| KH_5 (PF13184) | 4542 (11.8%) | View |
| KH_4 (PF13083) | 3577 (9.3%) | View |
| KH_3 (PF13014) | 970 (2.5%) | View |
| Total: 5 | Total: 38636 | Clan alignment |
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Family relationships
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Species distribution
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Interactions
Structures
For those sequences which have a structure in the Protein DataBank, we use the mapping between UniProt, PDB and Pfam coordinate systems from the MSD group, to allow us to map Pfam domains onto UniProt three-dimensional structures. The table below shows the mapping between the Pfam families in this clan, the corresponding UniProt entries, and the region of the three-dimensional structures that are available for that sequence.
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