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 named:

"
Phycobilisome linker domain
".

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: Phycobilisome linker domain

Phycobilisomes (PBSs) are the major light-harvesting systems in cyanobacteria and red algae. PBS is a supercomplex that is composed of a core complex and multiple peripheral rod complexes. Typically, the core consists of two or five cylinders lying on the membrane with, in most cases, multiple rods radiating from the core to form a hemidiscoidal structure. The building units of the core cylinders and the peripheral rods are trimeric and hexameric discs, in which a monomer consists of a pair of related phycobiliproteins (PBPs), such as phycorerythrins, phycoerythrocyanins, phycocyanins, and allophycocyanins. The discs are connected to each other via specific linker polypeptides to form peripheral rods or core cylinders. Linker polypeptides share a conserved domain of ~180 residues, which can be present in one or multiple copies PMID:2107546,PMID:1743523,PMID:15922288,PMID:17310305,PMID:17468217.

INTERPRO:IPR001297

GO Diversity

Unique GO annotations
1 Unique GO terms

EC Diversity

Unique EC annotations
0 Unique EC terms

Species Diversity

Unique species annotations
867 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: 15
Domain clusters (>95% seq id): 7
Domain clusters (>35% seq id): 2
Unique PDBs: 8
Alignments
Structural Clusters (5A): 1
Structural Clusters (9A): 1
FunFam Clusters: 0
Function
Unique EC:
Unique GO: 1
Taxonomy
Unique Species: 867
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