Protein Family Models

This entry represents the PDZ domain from a wide variety of proteins. (from Pfam)

Date:

2024-08-14

Date:

2024-08-14

Date:

2024-08-14

PDZ domains are found in diverse signaling proteins. Review article. [1]. 9204764. PDZ domains: targeting signalling molecules to sub-membranous sites. Ponting CP, Phillips C, Davies KE, Blake DJ. Bioessays 1997;19:469-479. [2]. 8674113. Crystal structures of a complexed and peptide-free membrane protein-binding domain: molecular basis of peptide recognition by PDZ. Doyle DA, Lee A, Lewis J, Kim E, Sheng M, MacKinnon R;. Cell. 1996;85:1067-1076. Extension of PDZ family. [3]. 9041651. Evidence for PDZ domains in bacteria, yeast, and plants. Ponting CP;. Protein Sci 1997;6:464-468. [4]. 19738200. Rapid evolution of functional complexity in a domain family. Ernst A, Sazinsky SL, Hui S, Currell B, Dharsee M, Seshagiri S, Bader GD, Sidhu SS;. Sci Signal. 2009;2:ra50. (from Pfam)

Date:

2024-10-16

Members of this nearly universal bacterial protein family are regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP) proteases. Older and synonymous gene symbols include yaeL in E. coli, mmpA in Caulobacter crescentus, etc. This family includes a region that hits the PDZ domain, found in a number of proteins targeted to the membrane by binding to a peptide ligand. The N-terminal region of this family contains a perfectly conserved motif HEXGH as found in a number of metalloproteinases, where the Glu is the active site and the His residues coordinate the metal cation. Membership in this family is determined by an HMM built to force a match to the full length of the seed alignment. A model that detects fragments as well matches a number of members of the PEPTIDASE FAMILY S2C. The region of match appears not to overlap the active site domain.

Gene:

rseP

Date:

2022-10-11