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PF09123: DUF1931

Domain of unknown function (DUF1931)

Curation status
SEEDED
Seed status
UNKNOWN CANDIDATE
Characterization
UNSCORED

Grounding

PF09123: Domain of unknown function (DUF1931)
IPR015207: integrated entry for Domain of unknown function (DUF1931)

Source description

Members of this family, which are found in a set of hypothetical bacterial proteins, contain a core of six alpha-helices, where one central helix is surrounded by the other five. The exact function of this family has not, as yet, been determined [InterPro reference PUB00035390]. The known structure shows this domain contains two copies of the histone fold [InterPro reference PUB00035390].

Evidence and references

Source descriptions and links are provenance, not independent functional validation.

Evidence counts: not scored.

Curated functional assertions

No curated functional assertions supplied.

Protein sequence examples

3 verified sequence examples. FASTA

UniProtProtein / organismSequenceProvenance
O66665Uncharacterized protein aq_328
Aquifex aeolicus (strain VF5)
171 aa; version 1
UniProt 2026_03
UNIPROT FETCH
1 sibling references
O66868Uncharacterized protein aq_616
Aquifex aeolicus (strain VF5)
167 aa; version 1
UniProt 2026_03
UNIPROT FETCH
1 sibling references
Q58904Uncharacterized protein MJ1509
Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (strain ATCC 43067 / DSM 2661 / JAL-1 / JCM 10045 / NBRC 100440)
153 aa; version 1
UniProt 2026_03
UNIPROT FETCH
3 sibling references

Pfam membership is not functional evidence. Whole-protein sequences do not establish domain boundaries. A coverage gap here is not absence from UniProt.

Sequences and metadata: UniProt Consortium, CC BY 4.0.

Domain matches

No residue-level domain match evidence is available in this build. Structure and AlphaFold counters do not supply coordinates or establish function.

Snapshot counters

proteins
566
matches
566
proteomes
528
taxa
919
structures
3
alphafold models
412
domain architectures
2

Classification basis

short name matches duf; name says unknown function; domain of unknown function

No scoring reasons supplied.

Related Mech records

FamilyMechRecordProteinLink basis
DUF1931 (PF09123)ProteinTraitsMechHFD_Aq328-like_rpt1Q58904
Uncharacterized protein MJ1509
canonical example family classification
DUF1931 (PF09123)ProteinTraitsMechHFD_Aq328-like_rpt2Q58904
Uncharacterized protein MJ1509
canonical example family classification
DUF1931 (PF09123)ProteinTraitsMechDomain of unknown function (DUF1931)O66665
Uncharacterized protein aq_328
canonical example family classification
DUF1931 (PF09123)ProteinTraitsMechDomain of unknown function (DUF1931)O66868
Uncharacterized protein aq_616
canonical example family classification
DUF1931 (PF09123)ProteinTraitsMechDomain of unknown function (DUF1931)Q58904
Uncharacterized protein MJ1509
canonical example family classification
DUF1931 (PF09123)ProteinTraitsMechDomain of unknown function (DUF1931)
trait identifier

Curation history and reviews

No retained curation events supplied.

No retained review supplied.

Record source

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Status and evidence

Seed status
A name-based classification of frozen InterPro/Pfam metadata. UNKNOWN CANDIDATE means the metadata explicitly says the function is unknown. KNOWN HISTORICAL DUF means a DUF name matched without that wording; this heuristic is not proof of a known function and does not establish experimental characterization. EX DUF means Pfam renamed the family away from a DUF/UPF name, as recorded in Pfam's previous identifiers; a rename usually follows published work on some members but is naming history, not proof of function for every member. Some EX DUF families' current names or descriptions still say the function is unknown; their classification basis lists this, and scoring does not treat them as characterized. FALSE POSITIVE TEXT HIT means the naming rules did not match.
Characterization
A separate evidence-scoring result. UNSCORED means no score has been calculated; it is not evidence that the family lacks a known function. Missing scores are not negative evidence. PARTIALLY CHARACTERIZED has partial support; KNOWN HISTORICAL DUF can inherit the seed label or reflect a known-function signal. Neither label implies experimental validation.
Evidence counts
Source-specific signals, not unique proteins, publications, or confidence scores. Known counts Rhea reactions and experimentally supported GO molecular-function annotations. Partial counts functional/domain assignments. Context counts structural, environmental, orthology, interaction and neighborhood signals; context alone does not assign function. Repeated annotations may not be independent.
Curation status
Reported separately from seed classification and characterization. SNAPSHOT ONLY means no curated metadata was supplied for this build. SEEDED denotes a source-derived record, not an expert-reviewed functional claim.
Missing counts
Not available means the source did not supply that counter. A zero is a reported count. Not scored means evidence counts are unavailable.