Structural Classification of Proteins
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Fold: 4-helical cytokines

core: 4 helices; bundle, closed; left-handed twist; 2 crossover connections

Lineage:

  1. Root: scop
  2. Class: All alpha proteins
  3. Fold: 4-helical cytokines
    core: 4 helices; bundle, closed; left-handed twist; 2 crossover connections

Superfamilies:

  1. 4-helical cytokines (3)
    there are two different topoisomers of this fold with different entanglments of the two crossover connections
    1. Long-chain cytokines (10) pic
    2. Short-chain cytokines (9) pic
    3. Interferons/interleukin-10 (IL-10) (10) pic
      contains an additional helix in one of the crossover connections

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Generated from scop database 1.55 with scopm 1.095 on Mon Jul 9 18:35:50 2001
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