HEAT repeat

HEAT repeat
An example of an alpha solenoid structure composed of 15 HEAT repeats. The protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunit is shown with the N-terminus in blue at bottom and the C-terminus in red at top. A single helix-turn-helix motif is shown in the center with the outer helix in pink, the inner helix in green, and the turn in white. From PDB: 2IAE​.
Identifiers
SymbolHEAT
PfamPF02985
InterProIPR000357
PROSITEPDOC50077
SCOP21b3u / SCOPe / SUPFAM
Available protein structures:
PDB  1b3u​, 1f59​, 1gcj​, 1ibr​, 1m5n​, 1o6o​, 1o6p​, 1qbk​, 1qgr​, 1u6g​, 1ukl​, 2bku​ IPR000357 PF02985 (ECOD; PDBsum)  
AlphaFold

A HEAT repeat is a protein tandem repeat structural motif composed of two alpha helices linked by a short loop. HEAT repeats can form alpha solenoids, a type of solenoid protein domain found in a number of cytoplasmic proteins. The name "HEAT" is an acronym for four proteins in which this repeat structure is found: Huntingtin, elongation factor 3 (EF3), protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), and the yeast kinase TOR1. HEAT repeats form extended superhelical structures which are often involved in intracellular transport; they are structurally related to armadillo repeats. The nuclear transport protein importin beta contains 19 HEAT repeats.

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