Category:SO:0000417 ! polypeptide domain

id: SO:0000417
name: polypeptide_domain
alt_id: BS:00012
alt_id: BS:00134
alt_id: SO:0001069
def: "A structurally or functionally defined protein region. In proteins with multiple domains, the combination of the domains determines the function of the protein. A region which has been shown to recur throughout evolution." [EBIBS:GAR]
comment: Range. Old definition from before biosapiens: A region of a single polypeptide chain that folds into an independent unit and exhibits biological activity. A polypeptide chain may have multiple domains.
subset: biosapiens
synonym: "ca_bind" RELATED BS [uniprot:feature_type]
synonym: "DNA_bind" RELATED BS [uniprot:feature_type]
synonym: "domain" BROAD BS [uniprot:feature_type]
synonym: "np_bind" RELATED BS [uniprot:feature_type]
synonym: "polypeptide domain" EXACT []
synonym: "polypeptide_structural_domain" EXACT BS []
synonym: "structural domain" BROAD BS []
synonym: "zn_fing" RELATED BS [uniprot:feature_type]
is_a: SO:0001070 ! polypeptide_structural_region
is_a: SO:0100021 ! polypeptide_conserved_region

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