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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.
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FunFam 1: Cytoplasmic dynein 1 heavy chain 1

Please note: GO annotations are assigned to the full protein sequence rather than individual protein domains. Since a given protein can contain multiple domains, it is possible that some of the annotations below come from additional domains that occur in the same protein, but have been classified elsewhere in CATH.

There are 14 GO terms relating to "molecular function"

The search results have been sorted with the annotations that are found most frequently at the top of the list. The results can be filtered by typing text into the search box at the top of the table.
GO Term Annotations Evidence
Protein binding GO:0005515
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any protein or protein complex (a complex of two or more proteins that may include other nonprotein molecules).
6 P34036 (/IPI) P38650 (/IPI) Q14204 (/IPI) Q14204 (/IPI) Q14204 (/IPI) Q9JHU4 (/IPI)
Dynein light intermediate chain binding GO:0051959
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a light intermediate chain of the dynein complex.
4 Q14204 (/IPI) Q14204 (/IPI) Q14204 (/IPI) Q9JHU4 (/IPI)
RNA binding GO:0003723
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an RNA molecule or a portion thereof.
3 Q14204 (/HDA) Q14204 (/HDA) Q14204 (/HDA)
ATP binding GO:0005524
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with ATP, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, a universally important coenzyme and enzyme regulator.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Microtubule binding GO:0008017
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with microtubules, filaments composed of tubulin monomers.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
ATP-dependent microtubule motor activity, minus-end-directed GO:0008569
Catalysis of movement along a microtubule toward the minus end, coupled to the hydrolysis of ATP.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Tubulin binding GO:0015631
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with monomeric or multimeric forms of tubulin, including microtubules.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Tubulin binding GO:0015631
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with monomeric or multimeric forms of tubulin, including microtubules.
1 P34036 (/IPI)
ATPase activity GO:0016887
Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + H2O = ADP + phosphate + 2 H+. May or may not be coupled to another reaction.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
ATPase activity, coupled GO:0042623
Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + H2O = ADP + phosphate; this reaction directly drives some other reaction, for example ion transport across a membrane.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Protein homodimerization activity GO:0042803
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an identical protein to form a homodimer.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
CTPase activity GO:0043273
Catalysis of the reaction: CTP + H2O = CDP + phosphate. May or may not be coupled to another reaction.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Dynein intermediate chain binding GO:0045505
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an intermediate chain of the dynein complex.
1 P34036 (/IPI)
Dynein light intermediate chain binding GO:0051959
Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a light intermediate chain of the dynein complex.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)

There are 39 GO terms relating to "biological process"

The search results have been sorted with the annotations that are found most frequently at the top of the list. The results can be filtered by typing text into the search box at the top of the table.
GO Term Annotations Evidence
Positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis GO:0120162
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cold-induced thermogenesis.
6 F1LRT9 (/ISS) M0R9X8 (/ISS) P38650 (/ISS) Q14204 (/ISS) Q14204 (/ISS) Q14204 (/ISS)
G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle GO:0000086
The mitotic cell cycle transition by which a cell in G2 commits to M phase. The process begins when the kinase activity of M cyclin/CDK complex reaches a threshold high enough for the cell cycle to proceed. This is accomplished by activating a positive feedback loop that results in the accumulation of unphosphorylated and active M cyclin/CDK complex.
3 Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS)
Endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi vesicle-mediated transport GO:0006888
The directed movement of substances from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi, mediated by COP II vesicles. Small COP II coated vesicles form from the ER and then fuse directly with the cis-Golgi. Larger structures are transported along microtubules to the cis-Golgi.
3 Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS)
Mitotic spindle organization GO:0007052
A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of the microtubule spindle during a mitotic cell cycle.
3 Q14204 (/NAS) Q14204 (/NAS) Q14204 (/NAS)
Regulation of G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle GO:0010389
Any signalling pathway that modulates the activity of a cell cycle cyclin-dependent protein kinase to modulate the switch from G2 phase to M phase of the mitotic cell cycle.
3 Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS)
Antigen processing and presentation of exogenous peptide antigen via MHC class II GO:0019886
The process in which an antigen-presenting cell expresses a peptide antigen of exogenous origin on its cell surface in association with an MHC class II protein complex. The peptide antigen is typically, but not always, processed from a whole protein.
3 Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS)
Positive regulation of intracellular transport GO:0032388
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of substances within cells.
3 Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP)
Cytoplasmic mRNA processing body assembly GO:0033962
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of proteins and RNA molecules to form a cytoplasmic mRNA processing body.
3 Q14204 (/ISS) Q14204 (/ISS) Q14204 (/ISS)
Stress granule assembly GO:0034063
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of proteins and RNA molecules to form a stress granule.
3 Q14204 (/ISS) Q14204 (/ISS) Q14204 (/ISS)
Neutrophil degranulation GO:0043312
The regulated exocytosis of secretory granules containing preformed mediators such as proteases, lipases, and inflammatory mediators by a neutrophil.
3 Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS)
Establishment of spindle localization GO:0051293
The directed movement of the spindle to a specific location in the cell.
3 Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP)
Regulation of mitotic spindle organization GO:0060236
Any process that modulates the rate, frequency or extent of the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of the microtubule spindle during a mitotic cell cycle.
3 Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP)
Regulation of metaphase plate congression GO:0090235
Any process that modulates the rate, frequency, or extent of metaphase plate congression, the alignment of chromosomes at the metaphase plate, a plane halfway between the poles of the spindle.
3 Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP)
Ciliary basal body-plasma membrane docking GO:0097711
The docking of a cytosolic centriole/basal body to the plasma membrane via the ciliary transition fibers. In some species this may happen via an intermediate step, by first docking to the ciliary vesicle via the ciliary transition fibers. The basal body-ciliary vesicle then relocates to the plasma membrane, followed by the ciliary vesicle fusing with the plasma membrane, effectively attaching the basal body to the plasma membrane.
3 Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS)
Positive regulation of spindle assembly GO:1905832
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of spindle assembly.
3 Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP) Q14204 (/IMP)
Positive regulation of intracellular transport GO:0032388
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of substances within cells.
2 P38650 (/ISS) Q9JHU4 (/ISS)
Regulation of mitotic spindle organization GO:0060236
Any process that modulates the rate, frequency or extent of the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of the microtubule spindle during a mitotic cell cycle.
2 P38650 (/ISS) Q9JHU4 (/ISS)
Regulation of metaphase plate congression GO:0090235
Any process that modulates the rate, frequency, or extent of metaphase plate congression, the alignment of chromosomes at the metaphase plate, a plane halfway between the poles of the spindle.
2 P38650 (/ISS) Q9JHU4 (/ISS)
Positive regulation of spindle assembly GO:1905832
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of spindle assembly.
2 P38650 (/ISS) Q9JHU4 (/ISS)
Cilium movement GO:0003341
The directed, self-propelled movement of a cilium.
1 Q9JHU4 (/IC)
Spermatid development GO:0007286
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a spermatid over time, from its formation to the mature structure.
1 P38650 (/IEP)
Central nervous system myelination GO:0022010
The process in which neuronal axons and dendrites become coated with a segmented lipid-rich sheath (myelin) to enable faster and more energetically efficient conduction of electrical impulses. The sheath is formed by the cell membranes of oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier.
1 Q2LEK1 (/IMP)
Cytoplasmic microtubule organization GO:0031122
A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of structures formed of microtubules and associated proteins in the cytoplasm of a cell.
1 P34036 (/IMP)
Positive regulation of intracellular transport GO:0032388
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of substances within cells.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Cytoplasmic mRNA processing body assembly GO:0033962
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of proteins and RNA molecules to form a cytoplasmic mRNA processing body.
1 Q9JHU4 (/IMP)
Stress granule assembly GO:0034063
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of proteins and RNA molecules to form a stress granule.
1 Q9JHU4 (/IMP)
Myelination GO:0042552
The process in which myelin sheaths are formed and maintained around neurons. Oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system wrap axons with compact layers of their plasma membrane. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier.
1 Q2LEK1 (/IMP)
Establishment of spindle localization GO:0051293
The directed movement of the spindle to a specific location in the cell.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Camera-type eye photoreceptor cell differentiation GO:0060219
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a photoreceptor cell in a camera-type eye.
1 Q2LEK1 (/IMP)
Regulation of mitotic spindle organization GO:0060236
Any process that modulates the rate, frequency or extent of the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of the microtubule spindle during a mitotic cell cycle.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Minus-end-directed vesicle transport along microtubule GO:0072382
The directed movement of a vesicle towards the minus end of a microtubule, mediated by motor proteins. This process begins with the attachment of a vesicle to a microtubule, and ends when the vesicle reaches its final destination.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Regulation of metaphase plate congression GO:0090235
Any process that modulates the rate, frequency, or extent of metaphase plate congression, the alignment of chromosomes at the metaphase plate, a plane halfway between the poles of the spindle.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Mitotic spindle assembly GO:0090307
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form the spindle that contributes to the process of mitosis.
1 P34036 (/IGI)
Mitotic spindle assembly GO:0090307
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form the spindle that contributes to the process of mitosis.
1 P34036 (/IMP)
Phagosome maturation GO:0090382
A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the arrangement of constituent parts of a phagosome within a cell. Phagosome maturation begins with endocytosis and formation of the early phagosome and ends with the formation of the hybrid organelle, the phagolysosome.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis GO:0120162
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cold-induced thermogenesis.
1 Q9JHU4 (/IMP)
Cellular response to 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine GO:1905243
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine stimulus.
1 P38650 (/IEP)
Positive regulation of spindle assembly GO:1905832
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of spindle assembly.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Cellular response to nerve growth factor stimulus GO:1990090
A process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a nerve growth factor stimulus.
1 P38650 (/IEP)

There are 29 GO terms relating to "cellular component"

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GO Term Annotations Evidence
Centrosome GO:0005813
A structure comprised of a core structure (in most organisms, a pair of centrioles) and peripheral material from which a microtubule-based structure, such as a spindle apparatus, is organized. Centrosomes occur close to the nucleus during interphase in many eukaryotic cells, though in animal cells it changes continually during the cell-division cycle.
4 P34036 (/IDA) Q14204 (/IDA) Q14204 (/IDA) Q14204 (/IDA)
Cytoplasmic dynein complex GO:0005868
Any dynein complex with a homodimeric dynein heavy chain core that catalyzes movement along a microtubule. Cytoplasmic dynein complexes participate in many cytoplasmic transport activities in eukaryotes, such as mRNA localization, intermediate filament transport, nuclear envelope breakdown, apoptosis, transport of centrosomal proteins, mitotic spindle assembly, virus transport, kinetochore functions, and movement of signaling and spindle checkpoint proteins. Some complexes participate in intraflagellar transport. Subunits associated with the dynein heavy chain mediate association between dynein heavy chain and cargoes, and may include light chains and light intermediate chains.
4 P34036 (/IDA) Q14204 (/IDA) Q14204 (/IDA) Q14204 (/IDA)
Extracellular region GO:0005576
The space external to the outermost structure of a cell. For cells without external protective or external encapsulating structures this refers to space outside of the plasma membrane. This term covers the host cell environment outside an intracellular parasite.
3 Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS)
Cytoplasm GO:0005737
All of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures.
3 P34036 (/IDA) P38650 (/IDA) Q9JHU4 (/IDA)
Cytosol GO:0005829
The part of the cytoplasm that does not contain organelles but which does contain other particulate matter, such as protein complexes.
3 Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS)
Cytoplasmic dynein complex GO:0005868
Any dynein complex with a homodimeric dynein heavy chain core that catalyzes movement along a microtubule. Cytoplasmic dynein complexes participate in many cytoplasmic transport activities in eukaryotes, such as mRNA localization, intermediate filament transport, nuclear envelope breakdown, apoptosis, transport of centrosomal proteins, mitotic spindle assembly, virus transport, kinetochore functions, and movement of signaling and spindle checkpoint proteins. Some complexes participate in intraflagellar transport. Subunits associated with the dynein heavy chain mediate association between dynein heavy chain and cargoes, and may include light chains and light intermediate chains.
3 Q14204 (/NAS) Q14204 (/NAS) Q14204 (/NAS)
Microtubule GO:0005874
Any of the long, generally straight, hollow tubes of internal diameter 12-15 nm and external diameter 24 nm found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells; each consists (usually) of 13 protofilaments of polymeric tubulin, staggered in such a manner that the tubulin monomers are arranged in a helical pattern on the microtubular surface, and with the alpha/beta axes of the tubulin subunits parallel to the long axis of the tubule; exist in equilibrium with pool of tubulin monomers and can be rapidly assembled or disassembled in response to physiological stimuli; concerned with force generation, e.g. in the spindle.
3 Q14204 (/IDA) Q14204 (/IDA) Q14204 (/IDA)
Membrane GO:0016020
A lipid bilayer along with all the proteins and protein complexes embedded in it an attached to it.
3 Q14204 (/HDA) Q14204 (/HDA) Q14204 (/HDA)
Azurophil granule lumen GO:0035578
The volume enclosed by the membrane of an azurophil granule, a primary lysosomal granule found in neutrophil granulocytes that contains a wide range of hydrolytic enzymes and is released into the extracellular fluid.
3 Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS) Q14204 (/TAS)
Extracellular exosome GO:0070062
A vesicle that is released into the extracellular region by fusion of the limiting endosomal membrane of a multivesicular body with the plasma membrane. Extracellular exosomes, also simply called exosomes, have a diameter of about 40-100 nm.
3 Q14204 (/HDA) Q14204 (/HDA) Q14204 (/HDA)
Manchette GO:0002177
A tubular array of microtubules that extends from the perinuclear ring surrounding the spermatid nucleus to the flagellar axoneme. The manchette may also contain F-actin filaments.
1 P38650 (/IDA)
Manchette GO:0002177
A tubular array of microtubules that extends from the perinuclear ring surrounding the spermatid nucleus to the flagellar axoneme. The manchette may also contain F-actin filaments.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Nuclear envelope GO:0005635
The double lipid bilayer enclosing the nucleus and separating its contents from the rest of the cytoplasm; includes the intermembrane space, a gap of width 20-40 nm (also called the perinuclear space).
1 P38650 (/IDA)
Nuclear envelope GO:0005635
The double lipid bilayer enclosing the nucleus and separating its contents from the rest of the cytoplasm; includes the intermembrane space, a gap of width 20-40 nm (also called the perinuclear space).
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Cytoplasm GO:0005737
All of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Centrosome GO:0005813
A structure comprised of a core structure (in most organisms, a pair of centrioles) and peripheral material from which a microtubule-based structure, such as a spindle apparatus, is organized. Centrosomes occur close to the nucleus during interphase in many eukaryotic cells, though in animal cells it changes continually during the cell-division cycle.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Centrosome GO:0005813
A structure comprised of a core structure (in most organisms, a pair of centrioles) and peripheral material from which a microtubule-based structure, such as a spindle apparatus, is organized. Centrosomes occur close to the nucleus during interphase in many eukaryotic cells, though in animal cells it changes continually during the cell-division cycle.
1 P34036 (/TAS)
Cytoplasmic dynein complex GO:0005868
Any dynein complex with a homodimeric dynein heavy chain core that catalyzes movement along a microtubule. Cytoplasmic dynein complexes participate in many cytoplasmic transport activities in eukaryotes, such as mRNA localization, intermediate filament transport, nuclear envelope breakdown, apoptosis, transport of centrosomal proteins, mitotic spindle assembly, virus transport, kinetochore functions, and movement of signaling and spindle checkpoint proteins. Some complexes participate in intraflagellar transport. Subunits associated with the dynein heavy chain mediate association between dynein heavy chain and cargoes, and may include light chains and light intermediate chains.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISM)
Cytoplasmic dynein complex GO:0005868
Any dynein complex with a homodimeric dynein heavy chain core that catalyzes movement along a microtubule. Cytoplasmic dynein complexes participate in many cytoplasmic transport activities in eukaryotes, such as mRNA localization, intermediate filament transport, nuclear envelope breakdown, apoptosis, transport of centrosomal proteins, mitotic spindle assembly, virus transport, kinetochore functions, and movement of signaling and spindle checkpoint proteins. Some complexes participate in intraflagellar transport. Subunits associated with the dynein heavy chain mediate association between dynein heavy chain and cargoes, and may include light chains and light intermediate chains.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Microtubule GO:0005874
Any of the long, generally straight, hollow tubes of internal diameter 12-15 nm and external diameter 24 nm found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells; each consists (usually) of 13 protofilaments of polymeric tubulin, staggered in such a manner that the tubulin monomers are arranged in a helical pattern on the microtubular surface, and with the alpha/beta axes of the tubulin subunits parallel to the long axis of the tubule; exist in equilibrium with pool of tubulin monomers and can be rapidly assembled or disassembled in response to physiological stimuli; concerned with force generation, e.g. in the spindle.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Cell cortex GO:0005938
The region of a cell that lies just beneath the plasma membrane and often, but not always, contains a network of actin filaments and associated proteins.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Endocytic vesicle GO:0030139
A membrane-bounded intracellular vesicle formed by invagination of the plasma membrane around an extracellular substance. Endocytic vesicles fuse with early endosomes to deliver the cargo for further sorting.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Filopodium GO:0030175
Thin, stiff, actin-based protrusion extended by the leading edge of a motile cell such as a crawling fibroblast or amoeba, or an axonal or dendritic growth cone, or a dendritic shaft.
1 Q9JHU4 (/IDA)
Axon GO:0030424
The long process of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, usually away from the cell body to the terminals and varicosities, which are sites of storage and release of neurotransmitter.
1 P38650 (/IDA)
Axon GO:0030424
The long process of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, usually away from the cell body to the terminals and varicosities, which are sites of storage and release of neurotransmitter.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Early phagosome membrane GO:0036186
The lipid bilayer surrounding an early phagosome.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
Neuronal cell body GO:0043025
The portion of a neuron that includes the nucleus, but excludes cell projections such as axons and dendrites.
1 P38650 (/IDA)
Neuronal cell body GO:0043025
The portion of a neuron that includes the nucleus, but excludes cell projections such as axons and dendrites.
1 Q9JHU4 (/ISO)
Phagolysosome membrane GO:0061474
The lipid bilayer surrounding a phagolysosome.
1 P34036 (/IDA)
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