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:

"
Actin cross-linking 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: Actin cross-linking domain

This superfamily represents the ACD (actin cross-linking domain) domain found in bacterial toxins, such as Vibrio cholerae RtxA from MARTX family and VgrG1 protein PMID:22898822.

ACDs are enzyme ligases that catalyse the formation of an irreversible iso-peptide bond on two actin molecules in an ATP- and Mg/Mn(2+)-dependent manner. Cross-linking depletes the cellular pool of G-actin leading to actin cytoskeleton depolymerisation PMID:19656298,PMID:22898822.

The ACD has an overall V-shape, with the active site composed of five residues in a cleft located within the two arms of the V. The first subdomain, forming the left arm of the V, is mainly composed of beta-strands, while the second subdomain, forming the right arm of the V, is helical. The first subdomain is composed of a central anti-parallel beta-sheet of 8 beta- strands, decorated by two adjacent small beta-sheets, one above the central beta-sheet and the second below. A long helix (alpha1) packs against strands beta7-beta4-beta5 from the central beta-sheet, and strand beta8 from the upper beta-sheet. Finally, the terminal helix alpha9 packs against strands beta2 and beta9. The second subdomain is composed of 7 alpha-helices (alpha2-alpha8) and does not contain any beta-strands PMID:22898822.

INTERPRO:IPR032074, PFAM:PF16671,DOI:10.1074/jbc.M112.390153

GO Diversity

Unique GO annotations
13 Unique GO terms

EC Diversity

Unique EC annotations
0 Unique EC terms

Species Diversity

Unique species annotations
27 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: 8
Domain clusters (>95% seq id): 1
Domain clusters (>35% seq id): 1
Unique PDBs: 8
Alignments
Structural Clusters (5A): 1
Structural Clusters (9A): 1
FunFam Clusters: 1
Function
Unique EC:
Unique GO: 13
Taxonomy
Unique Species: 27