All families / PF14229
PF14229: DUF4332
Domain of unknown function (DUF4332)
- Curation status
- SEEDED
- Seed status
- UNKNOWN CANDIDATE
- Characterization
- UNSCORED
Grounding
PF14229: Domain of unknown function (DUF4332)
IPR025567: integrated entry for Domain of unknown function (DUF4332)
Source description
This family of proteins is functionally uncharacterised. This family of proteins is found in bacteria and archaea. Proteins in this family are typically between 134 and 356 amino acids in length. This domain contains helix-hairpin-helix motifs.
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
| UniProt | Protein / organism | Sequence | Provenance |
|---|---|---|---|
| A6L8C6 | Lysine--tRNA ligase Parabacteroides distasonis (strain ATCC 8503 / DSM 20701 / CIP 104284 / JCM 5825 / NCTC 11152) | 576 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
| Q5L9E5 | Lysine--tRNA ligase Bacteroides fragilis (strain ATCC 25285 / DSM 2151 / CCUG 4856 / JCM 11019 / LMG 10263 / NCTC 9343 / Onslow / VPI 2553 / EN-2) | 575 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
| Q8A5W4 | Lysine--tRNA ligase Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (strain ATCC 29148 / DSM 2079 / JCM 5827 / CCUG 10774 / NCTC 10582 / VPI-5482 / E50) | 576 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 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
- 1,177
- matches
- 1,243
- proteomes
- 1,053
- taxa
- 2,197
- structures
- 0
- alphafold models
- 802
- domain architectures
- 24
Classification basis
short name matches duf; name says unknown function; domain of unknown function
No scoring reasons supplied.
Related Mech records
| Family | Mech | Record | Protein | Link basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUF4332 (PF14229) | ProteinTraitsMech | Domain of unknown function DUF4332 | trait identifier | |
| DUF4332 (PF14229) | ProteinTraitsMech | Domain of unknown function (DUF4332) | A6L8C6 Lysine--tRNA ligase | canonical example family classification |
| DUF4332 (PF14229) | ProteinTraitsMech | Domain of unknown function (DUF4332) | Q5L9E5 Lysine--tRNA ligase | canonical example family classification |
| DUF4332 (PF14229) | ProteinTraitsMech | Domain of unknown function (DUF4332) | Q8A5W4 Lysine--tRNA ligase | canonical example family classification |
| DUF4332 (PF14229) | ProteinTraitsMech | Domain of unknown function (DUF4332) | trait identifier |
Curation history and reviews
No retained curation events supplied.
No retained review supplied.
Record source
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.