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Nicotinate/Quinolinate PRTase C-terminal domain-like 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:   TIM beta/alpha-barrel [ 51350] (33)
  contains parallel beta-sheet barrel, closed; n=8, S=8; strand order 12345678
the first seven superfamilies have similar phosphate-binding sites
Superfamily:   Nicotinate/Quinolinate PRTase C-terminal domain-like [ 51690] (2)
Families:   NadC C-terminal domain-like [ 51691] (4)
  Monomeric nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase C-terminal domain [ 110910]


InterPro annotation
Cross references IPR002638 SSF51690 Protein matches
Abstract Quinolinate phosphoribosyl transferase (QPRTase) or nicotinate-nucleotide pyrophosphorylase is involved in the de novo synthesis of NAD in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It catalyses the reaction of quinolinic acid with 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) in the presence of Mg2+ to give rise to nicotinic acid mononucleotide (NaMN), pyrophosphate and carbon dioxide [PubMed9016724, PubMed8561507]. Unlike , this domain also includes the molybdenum transport system protein ModD.

InterPro database

Functional annotation
General category Metabolism
Detailed category Nucleotide metabolism and transport

Function annotation of SCOP domain superfamilies

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Internal database links

The SUPERFAMILY hidden Markov model library has been used to carry out SCOP domain assignments to all genomes at the superfamily level. Click on the 'Genome Assignments' icon above to view the genome assignments for this superfamily.


Alignments of sequences to

Alignments of sequences to 9 models in this superfamily are available by clicking on the superfamily level 'Alignments' icon above. PDB sequences less than 40% identical are shown by default, but any other sequences may be aligned. Select PDB sequences, genome sequences, or paste in or upload your own.


It is possible to browse and view the proteins in the genomes which have different combinations of domains including a Nicotinate/Quinolinate PRTase C-terminal domain-like domain. Click on the 'Domain Combinations' icon.


To view the distribution of domain superfamilies, or families, across the major taxonomic kingdoms or genomes within a kingdom click on the 'TaxViz' icon above. This gives an immediate impression of how superfamilies, or families, are restricted to certain kingdoms of life.


Undirected domain occurrence networks are available for all superfamilies. Nodes in these networks represent genomes. Connections between nodes represent the presence of domain architectures, which contain the superfamily of interest, in both genomes.

There are 9 hidden Markov models representing the Nicotinate/Quinolinate PRTase C-terminal domain-like superfamily. Information on how the models are built, and plots showing hydrophobicity, match emmission probabilities and insertion/deletion probabilities can be viewed by clicking on the icon above.


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