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Table 1 Widely varying structural classes of the proteins selected for experimentation

From: An improved protein structure evaluation using a semi-empirically derived structure property

PDB id

Protein name

Class

Fold

Super family

Family

Duplication

Species

1ao6

Serum albumin

All alpha proteins

Serum albumin-like multihelical; one domain consists of two similar disulfide-linked subdomains

Serum albumin link to SUPERFAMILY database - Superfamily

Serum albumin

consists of three domains of this fold

Human (Homo sapiens)

1new

Cytochrome c7 (cytochrome c551.5, PpcA)contains three heme groups; deletion of one of Cyt c3 heme-binding sites

All alpha proteins

Multiheme cytochromes variable number of helices and little beta structure; not a true fold

Multiheme cytochromes

Cytochrome c3

contains multiple CxxCH motifs

link to SUPERFAMILY

Desulfuromonas acetoxidans

1ro3

Echistatin

Small proteins Usually dominated by metal ligand, heme, and/or disulfide bridges

Blood coagulation inhibitor (disintegrin) small disulfide-rich

Blood coagulation inhibitor (disintegrin)

link to SUPERFAMILY database - Superfamily

Blood coagulation inhibitor (disintegrin)

Not Reported

Saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus)

2vb1

Lysozyme ubiquitous in a variety of tissues and secretions

Alpha and beta proteins Mainly antiparallel beta sheets (segregated alpha and beta regions)

Lysozyme-like common alpha+beta motif for the active site region

Lysozyme-like Superfamily

C-type lysozyme

Not Reported

Chicken (Gallus gallus)

2h8b

Insulin from Human (in absence of report for 2h8b other columns were filled in for 1ben)

Small proteins (hormone)

Insulin-like nearly all-alpha

can be classified as disulfide-rich

Insulin-like link to SUPERFAMILY database - Superfamily

Insulin

Not Reported

Human (Homo sapiens)

1a3n

Hemoglobin, alpha-chain from Human

All alpha proteins

Globin-like core: 6 helices; folded leaf, partly opened

Globin-like link to SUPERFAMILY database - Superfamily

Globins Heme-binding protein

Not Reported

Human (Homo sapiens)