Structural Classification of Proteins
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Fold: Cysteine zipper

string of helices that contain cysteines at almost every turn; folds upon itself and is crosslnked by multiple disulfides

Lineage:

  1. Root: scop
  2. Class: Small proteins [56992]
    Usually dominated by metal ligand, heme, and/or disulfide bridges
  3. Fold: Cysteine zipper [144128]
    string of helices that contain cysteines at almost every turn; folds upon itself and is crosslnked by multiple disulfides

Superfamilies:

  1. Vanabin-like [144129] (1) picpic
    link to SUPERFAMILY database - Superfamily
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