Beta-propeller
| WD domain, G-beta repeat | |||||||
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Ribbon diagram of the C-terminal WD40 domain of Tup1 (a transcriptional co-repressor in yeast), which adopts a 7-bladed beta-propeller fold. Ribbon is colored from blue (N-terminus) to red (C-terminus). PDB 1erj | |||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | WD40 | ||||||
| Pfam | PF00400 | ||||||
| Pfam clan | CL0186 | ||||||
| ECOD | 5.1 | ||||||
| InterPro | IPR001680 | ||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00574 | ||||||
| SCOP2 | 1gp2 / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||
| CDD | cd00200 | ||||||
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In structural biology, a beta-propeller (β-propeller) is a type of all-β protein architecture characterized by 4 to 8 highly symmetrical blade-shaped beta sheets arranged toroidally around a central axis. Together the beta-sheets form a funnel-like active site.