title: BSD: a novel domain in transcription factors and synapse-associated proteins.
abstract: This article describes a novel domain, BSD, that is present in basal transcription factors, synapse-associated proteins and several hypothetical proteins. It occurs in a variety of species ranging from primal protozoan to human. The BSD domain is characterized by three predicted alpha helices, which probably form a three-helical bundle, as well as by conserved tryptophan and phenylalanine residues, located at the C terminus of the domain.
authors.affiliation: EMBL, 69012 Heidelberg, Meyerhofstr. 1, and Max-Delbrueck-Centrum, Berlin, Germany. doerks@embl.heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doerks
authors.forename: Saskia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buchner
authors.forename: Peer
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bork
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides; D014157:Transcription Factors