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Bioinformatics, doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btm411
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The DOMON domains are involved in heme and sugar recognition

Lakshminarayan M. Iyer , Vivek Anantharaman and L. Aravind *

NCBI, NLM, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Dr. L. Aravind, E-mail: aravind{at}ncbi.nlm.nih.gov


   Abstract

We expand the functionally uncharacterized DOMON domain superfamily to identify several novel families, including the first prokaryotic representatives. Using several computational tools we show that it is involved in ligand-binding–either as heme- or sugar-binding domains. We present evidence that the DOMON domain along with the DM13 domain comprises a novel electron-transfer system potentially involved in oxidative modification of animal cell-surface proteins. Other novel versions might function as sugar sensors of histidine kinases of bacterial two component systems.

Associate Editor: Prof. John Quackenbush


Received on June 13, 2007; revised on July 19, 2007; accepted on August 8, 2007

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