BESS | |||||||||
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Symbol | BESS | ||||||||
Pfam | PF02944 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR004210 | ||||||||
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In molecular biology, the BESS domain is a protein domain which has been named after the three proteins that originally defined the domain: BEAF (Boundary element associated factor 32),[1] Suvar(3)7 [2] and Stonewall [3]). The BESS domain is 40 amino acid residues long and is predicted to be composed of three alpha helices, as such it might be related to the myb/SANT HTH domain. The BESS domain directs a variety of protein-protein interactions, including interactions with itself, with Dorsal, and with a TBP-associated factor. It is found in a single copy in Drosophila proteins and is often associated with the MADF domain.[4][5][6]
Proteins known to contain a BESS domain include: