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. 2009 Nov 13;5(11):e1000567. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000567

Table 4. Top 20 most populated DNA-binding domains detected in the human genome.

SCOP ID DBD-T Pfam Nc SCOP Superfamily Description
57667 5504/674 6071/688 4485/655 C2H2 and C2HC zinc fingers
46689 311/263 314/276 266/246 Homeodomain-like
46785 148/143 102/98 101/98 Winged helix DBD
57716 93/58 68/62 54/54 Glucocorticoid receptor-like DBD
47459 87/87 104/103 85/85 Helix-loop-helix DBD
47113 68/67 56/56 54/54 Histone-fold
47095 57/38 61/50 40/38 HMG-box
47413 53/50 21/21 19/19 λ repressor-like DNA-binding domains
57959 49/49 45/45 44/44 Leucine zipper domain
47954 44/26 4/2 4/2 Cyclin-like
49417 42/41 42/42 39/39 p53-like transcription factors
56672 31/28 21/21 21/21 DNA/RNA polymerases
52540 23/22 21/19 19/19 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolases
56219 22/19 26/26 19/19 DNase I-like
46894 22/22 0/0 0/0 C-term domain of the bipartite response regulators
117018 17/17 3/3 3/3 ATP-dependent DNA ligase DBD
56091 17/17 3/3 3/3 DNA ligase/mRNA capping enzyme, catalytic domain
50249 16/16 3/3 3/3 Nucleic acid-binding proteins
53098 12/12 10/10 10/10 Ribonuclease H-like
81296 11/11 27/22 10/10 E set domains

The numbers of domains/proteins detected by DBD-Threader and by Pfam are given for each SCOP Superfamily. The results of Pfam were obtained from the UniProt knowledge base and mapped to SCOP superfamilies (see text). Nc denotes the numbers of domain/proteins detected by both methods.