SUPERFAMILY 1.73 HMM library and genome assignments server


Phosphohistidine domain superfamily

SCOP classification
Root:   SCOP hierarchy in SUPERFAMILY [ 0] (11)
Class:   Alpha and beta proteins (a/b) [ 51349] (141)
  Mainly parallel beta sheets (beta-alpha-beta units)
Fold:   The "swivelling" beta/beta/alpha domain [ 52008] (10)
  3 layers: b/b/a; the central sheet is parallel, and the other one is antiparallel; there are some variations in topology
this domain is thought to be mobile in most multi-domain proteins known to contain it
Superfamily:   Phosphohistidine domain [ 52009] (2)
Families:   Pyruvate phosphate dikinase, central domain [ 52010]
  N-terminal domain of enzyme I of the PEP:sugar phosphotransferase system [ 52013]


Superfamily statistics
Genomes (978) UniProt 15.0 PDB chains (SCOP 1.73)
Domains 2,415 3,099 11
Proteins 2,414 3,097 11


Functional annotation
General category Regulation
Detailed category Kinases/phosphatases

Function annotation of SCOP domain superfamilies
InterPro annotation
Cross references IPR008279 SSF52009 Protein matches
Abstract A number of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a phosphoryl group from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) via a phospho-histidine intermediate have been shown to be structurally related [PubMed7686067, PubMed8973315, PubMed2176881, PubMed1557039]. All these enzymes share the same catalytic mechanism: they bind PEP and transfer the phosphoryl group from it to a histidine residue. This domain is a "swivelling" beta/beta/alpha domain which is thought to be mobile in all proteins known to contain it [PubMed12083528]. It is often found associated with the pyruvate phosphate dikinase, PEP/pyruvate-binding domain at its N-terminus.

InterPro database

PDBeMotif information about ligands, sequence and structure motifs
Cross references PDB entries
Ligand binding statistics
Nucleic-acid binding statistics
Occurrence of secondary structure elements
Occurrence of small 3D structural motifs

PDBeMotif resource

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Internal database links

Browse genome assignments for this superfamily. The SUPERFAMILY hidden Markov model library has been used to carry out SCOP domain assignments to all genomes at the superfamily level.


Alignments of sequences to 4 models in this superfamily are available by clicking on the 'Alignments' icon above. PDB sequences less than 40% identical are shown by default, but any other sequence(s) may be aligned. Select PDB sequences, genome sequences, or paste in or upload your own sequences.


Browse and view proteins in genomes which have different domain combinations including a Phosphohistidine domain domain.


Examine the distribution of domain superfamilies, or families, across the major taxonomic kingdoms or genomes within a kingdom. This gives an immediate impression of how superfamilies, or families, are restricted to certain kingdoms of life.


Explore domain occurrence network where nodes represent genomes and edges are domain architectures (shared between genomes) containing the superfamily of interest.

There are 4 hidden Markov models representing the Phosphohistidine domain superfamily. Information on how the models are built, and plots showing hydrophobicity, match emmission probabilities and insertion/deletion probabilities can be inspected.


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