KH domain | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Identifiers | |||||||||||
Symbol | KH_1 | ||||||||||
Pfam | PF00013 | ||||||||||
Pfam clan | CL0007 | ||||||||||
ECOD | 327.11.2 | ||||||||||
InterPro | IPR004088 | ||||||||||
SMART | KH | ||||||||||
SCOP2 | 1vig / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||||
|
KH domain | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Identifiers | |||||||||||
Symbol | KH_2 | ||||||||||
Pfam | PF07650 | ||||||||||
Pfam clan | CL0007 | ||||||||||
ECOD | 327.11.1 | ||||||||||
InterPro | IPR004044 | ||||||||||
SMART | KH | ||||||||||
PROSITE | PS50823 | ||||||||||
|
The K Homology (KH) domain is a protein domain that was first identified in the human heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) K. An evolutionarily conserved sequence of around 70 amino acids, the KH domain is present in a wide variety of nucleic acid-binding proteins. The KH domain binds RNA, and can function in RNA recognition.[1] It is found in multiple copies in several proteins, where they can function cooperatively or independently. For example, in the AU-rich element RNA-binding protein KSRP, which has 4 KH domains, KH domains 3 and 4 behave as independent binding modules to interact with different regions of the AU-rich RNA targets.[1] The solution structure of the first KH domain of FMR1 and of the C-terminal KH domain of hnRNP K determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) revealed a beta-alpha-alpha-beta-beta-alpha structure.[2][3] Autoantibodies to NOVA1, a KH domain protein, cause paraneoplastic opsoclonus ataxia. The KH domain is found at the N-terminus of the ribosomal protein S3. This domain is unusual in that it has a different fold compared to the normal KH domain.[4]