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Family: Ank_2 (PF12796)

Summary: Ankyrin repeats (3 copies)

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InterPro entry IPR020683

This entry represents the ankyrin repeat-containing domain. These domains contain multiple repeats of a beta(2)-alpha(2) motif. The ankyrin repeat is one of the most common protein-protein interaction motifs in nature. Ankyrin repeats are tandemly repeated modules of about 33 amino acids. They occur in a large number of functionally diverse proteins mainly from eukaryotes. The few known examples from prokaryotes and viruses may be the result of horizontal gene transfers [ PUBMED:8108379 ]. The repeat has been found in proteins of diverse function such as transcriptional initiators, cell-cycle regulators, cytoskeletal, ion transporters and signal transducers. The ankyrin fold appears to be defined by its structure rather than its function since there is no specific sequence or structure which is universally recognised by it.

The conserved fold of the ankyrin repeat unit is known from several crystal and solution structures [ PUBMED:8875926 , PUBMED:9353127 , PUBMED:9461436 , PUBMED:9865693 ]. Each repeat folds into a helix-loop-helix structure with a beta-hairpin/loop region projecting out from the helices at a 90 o angle. The repeats stack together to form an L-shaped structure [ PUBMED:8875926 , PUBMED:12461176 ].

Domain organisation

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Pfam Clan

This family is a member of clan Ank (CL0465), which has the following description:

The ankyrin repeat is a short sequence region that is about 30-34 amino-acids in length. Multiple copies of the repeat composed of two beta strands and two alpha helices combine to form long arrays. In general these repeats are involved in protein-protein interactions. This superfamily also includes some families that are arrays of several repeats.

The clan contains the following 8 members:

Ank Ank_2 Ank_3 Ank_4 Ank_5 AnkUBD DUF3420 DUF3447

Alignments

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RP15
(107178)
RP35
(213627)
RP55
(411375)
RP75
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(945014)
RP15
(107178)
RP35
(213627)
RP55
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RP75
(568806)
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(945014)
RP15
(107178)
RP35
(213627)
RP55
(411375)
RP75
(568806)
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Curation and family details

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Seed source: Jackhmmer:Q183I8_CLOD6
Previous IDs: none
Type: Repeat
Sequence Ontology: SO:0001068
Author: Bateman A
Number in seed: 184
Number in full: 542927
Average length of the domain: 86.4 aa
Average identity of full alignment: 24 %
Average coverage of the sequence by the domain: 29.24 %

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HMM build commands:
build method: hmmbuild --amino -o /dev/null HMM SEED
search method: hmmsearch -Z 61295632 -E 1000 --cpu 4 HMM pfamseq
Model details:
Parameter Sequence Domain
Gathering cut-off 27.3 27.3
Trusted cut-off 27.3 27.3
Noise cut-off 27.2 27.2
Model length: 83
Family (HMM) version: 10
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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 PDBe group, to allow us to map Pfam domains onto UniProt sequences and three-dimensional protein structures. The table below shows the structures on which the Ank_2 domain has been found. There are 1087 instances of this domain found in the PDB. Note that there may be multiple copies of the domain in a single PDB structure, since many structures contain multiple copies of the same protein sequence.

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AlphaFold Structure Predictions

The list of proteins below match this family and have AlphaFold predicted structures. Click on the protein accession to view the predicted structure.

Protein Predicted structure External Information
A0A044QQ57 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044QX08 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044QZU4 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044R6C0 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044R8S5 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044RAS7 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044RCW9 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044RD22 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044RGU8 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044RME6 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044RW64 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044RZE7 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044S0A6 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044S346 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044S3J6 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044S3W2 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044S4N9 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044S708 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044SLY9 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044SQ63 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044SUL1 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044SV50 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044SXK6 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044SXL3 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044T0J9 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044T6G0 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044T7Q9 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044T811 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044T9C1 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044TEL5 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044TF70 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044THC9 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044TLP9 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044TMZ2 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044TNJ5 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044TV22 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044U730 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044UCH5 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044UCX7 View 3D Structure Click here
A0A044UL68 View 3D Structure Click here