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KilA-N
mbp1 from saccharomyces cerevisiae
Identifiers
Symbol	KilA-N
Pfam	PF04383
InterPro	IPR018004
SCOP2	1bm8 / SCOPe / SUPFAM
Available protein structures: Pfam   structures / ECOD   PDB RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj PDBsum structure summary

In molecular biology, the KilA-N domain is a conserved DNA-binding domain found at the N-terminus of the poxvirus D6R/NIR proteins. It is also found in a wide range of proteins of large bacterial and eukaryotic DNA viruses. Putative proteins with homology to the KilA-N domain have also been identified in Maverick transposable elements of the parabasalid protozoa Trichomonas vaginalis. The KilA-N domain has been suggested to be homologous to the fungal DNA-binding APSES domain. In all proteins shown to contain the KilA-N domain, it occurs at the extreme amino terminus accompanied by a wide range of distinct carboxy-terminal domains. These carboxy-terminal modules may be enzymes, such as the nuclease domains, or might mediate additional, specific interactions with nucleic acids or proteins, like the RING or CCCH fingers in the poxviruses. The KilA-N domain is predicted to adopt an alpha-beta fold with four conserved strands and at least two conserved helices. Some proteins known to contain a KilA-N domain are listed below:

• Bacteriophage P1 protein kilA
• Fowlpox virus (FPV) protein FPV236.
• Trichomonas vaginalis G3 Putative uncharacterised protein
• Vaccinia virus hypothetical 21.7 kDa HindIII-C protein

References

1. ^ Iyer LM, Koonin EV, Aravind L (2002). "Extensive domain shuffling in transcription regulators of DNA viruses and implications for the origin of fungal APSES transcription factors". Genome Biol. 3 (3): RESEARCH0012. doi:10.1186/gb-2002-3-3-research0012. PMC 88810. PMID 11897024.
2. Pritham EJ, Putliwala T, Feschotte C (April 2007). "Mavericks, a novel class of giant transposable elements widespread in eukaryotes and related to DNA viruses". Gene. 390 (1–2): 3–17. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2006.08.008. PMID 17034960.

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