The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_3_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was: waiting to be named.

Functional Families

Overview of the Structural Clusters (SC) and Functional Families within this CATH Superfamily. Clusters with a representative structure are represented by a filled circle.

Superfamily: START domain

START (StAR-related lipid-transfer) is a lipid-binding domain in StAR, HD-ZIP and signalling proteins PMID:10322415. StAR (Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory protein) is a mitochondrial protein that is synthesised in response to luteinising hormone stimulation PMID:7961770. Representatives of the START domain family have been shown to bind different ligands such as sterols (StAR protein) and phosphatidylcholine (PC-TP). Ligand binding by the START domain can also regulate the activities of other domains that co-occur with the START domain in multidomain proteins such as Rho-gap, the homeodomain, and the thioesterase domain PMID:10322415,PMID:11276083. The crystal structure of START domain of human MLN64 shows an alpha/beta fold built around an U-shaped incomplete beta-barrel PMID:10802740. This superfamily represents an alpha/beta sandwich structural domain found in a wide variety of protein families, including STAR-related lipid transfer proteins and homeobox-leucine zipper proteins.

PMID:10322415 PMID:10322415 PMID:11276083 PMID:10802740 (INTERPRO:IPR023393)

GO Diversity

Unique GO annotations
393 Unique GO terms

EC Diversity

Unique EC annotations
4 Unique EC terms

Species Diversity

Unique species annotations
15912 Unique species

Sequence/Structure Diversity

Overview of the sequence / structure diversity of this superfamily compared to other superfamilies in CATH. Click on the chart to view the data in more detail.

Superfamily Summary

A general summary of information for this superfamily.
Structures
Domains: 532
Domain clusters (>95% seq id): 113
Domain clusters (>35% seq id): 67
Unique PDBs: 289
Alignments
Structural Clusters (5A): 4
Structural Clusters (9A): 2
FunFam Clusters: 213
Function
Unique EC: 4
Unique GO: 393
Taxonomy
Unique Species: 15912