Structural Classification of Proteins
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Fold: Lipocalins

barrel, closed or opened; n=8, S=12; meander

Lineage:

  1. Root: scop
  2. Class: All beta proteins
  3. Fold: Lipocalins
    barrel, closed or opened; n=8, S=12; meander

Superfamilies:

  1. Lipocalins (3)
    bind hydrophobic ligands in their interior
    1. Retinol binding protein-like (24) picpicpic
      barrel, closed; n=8, S=12, meander
    2. Fatty acid binding protein-like (19) picpicpic
      ten-stranded meander beta-sheet folded upon itself
      relates to the common fold by opening the barrel and insertion of beta-hairpin
    3. Thrombin inhibitor (1) picpic

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