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CATH Superfamily 2.60.40.3110

Outer membrane usher protein

The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_4_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: Outer membrane usher protein

In Gram-negative bacteria the biogenesis of fimbriae (or pili) requires a two- component assembly and transport system which is composed of a periplasmic chaperone and an outer membrane protein which has been termed a molecular 'usher' PMID:7909802,PMID:7906265,PMID:7906046.

The usher protein is rather large (from 86 to 100kDa) and seems to be mainly composed of membrane-spanning beta-sheets, a structure reminiscent of porins. Although the degree of sequence similarity of these proteins is not very high, they share a number of characteristics. One of these is the presence of two pairs of cysteines, the first one located in the N-terminal part and the second at the C-terminal extremity that are probably involved in disulphide bonds. The best conserved region is located in the central part of these proteins PMID:19380723,PMID:18485872.

PMID:7909802 PMID:7906265 PMID:7906046 PMID:19380723 PMID:18485872.

GO Diversity

Unique GO annotations
12 Unique GO terms

EC Diversity

Unique EC annotations
0 Unique EC terms

Species Diversity

Unique species annotations
2090 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: 5
Domain clusters (>95% seq id): 2
Domain clusters (>35% seq id): 2
Unique PDBs: 3
Alignments
Structural Clusters (5A): 1
Structural Clusters (9A): 1
FunFam Clusters: 5
Function
Unique EC:
Unique GO: 12
Taxonomy
Unique Species: 2090
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