SUPERFAMILY 1.73 HMM library and genome assignments server


ADC synthase superfamily

SCOP classification
Root:   SCOP hierarchy in SUPERFAMILY [ 0] (11)
Class:   Alpha and beta proteins (a+b) [ 53931] (334)
  Mainly antiparallel beta sheets (segregated alpha and beta regions)
Fold:   ADC synthase [ 56321]
  duplication: contains four repeats of alpha-beta(2)-beta motif arranged in a 4 layer core structure: alpha/beta/beta/alpha; orthogonally packed beta-sheets
Superfamily:   ADC synthase [ 56322]
Families:   ADC synthase [ 56323] (5)


Superfamily statistics
Genomes (976) UniProt 15.0 PDB chains (SCOP 1.73)
Domains 2,469 3,260 8
Proteins 2,469 3,260 8


Functional annotation
General category Metabolism
Detailed category Other enzymes

Function annotation of SCOP domain superfamilies
InterPro annotation
Cross references IPR005801 SSF56322 Protein matches
Abstract This entry represents the catalytic regions of the chorismate binding enzymes anthranilate synthase, isochorismate synthase, aminodeoxychorismate synthase and para-aminobenzoate synthase. Anthranilate synthase catalyses the reaction: chorismate + l-glutamine = anthranilate + pyruvate + l-glutamate. The enzyme is a tetramer comprising 2 I and 2 II components: this entry is restricted to component I that catalyses the formation of anthranilate using ammonia rather than glutamine, while component II provides glutamine amidotransferase activity .

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 7 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 ADC synthase 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 7 hidden Markov models representing the ADC synthase 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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