All families / PF24219
PF24219: DUF7438
Family of unknown function (DUF7438)
- Curation status
- SEEDED
- Seed status
- UNKNOWN CANDIDATE
- Characterization
- UNSCORED
Grounding
PF24219: Family of unknown function (DUF7438)
IPR055861: integrated entry for Family of unknown function (DUF7438)
Source description
This entry represents a family of uncharacterized proteins found in bacteriophages. The function of this protein family is currently unknown. The family appears to be conserved across various phage species that infect Escherichia coli and related bacteria. The family includes members from Phage T2, T4 and T6. Members of this family are typically short proteins of around 60-67 amino acids in length. Bacteriophage T4 contains four proteins that belong to this family. The structure of these proteins is predicted to be composed of two alpha helices that pack together. Structure prediction suggests these proteins may homodimerise (iPTM=0.83).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| P13306 | Uncharacterized 7.2 kDa protein in tk-vs intergenic region Enterobacteria phage T4 | 62 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
| P13307 | Uncharacterized 7.1 kDa protein in tk-vs intergenic region Enterobacteria phage T4 | 61 aa; version 1 UniProt 2026_03 | UNIPROT FETCH1 sibling references |
| P39238 | Uncharacterized 7.6 kDa protein in mobD-ri intergenic region Enterobacteria phage T4 | 64 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
- 536
- matches
- 536
- proteomes
- 185
- taxa
- 414
- structures
- 0
- alphafold models
- 29
- domain architectures
- 1
Classification basis
short name matches duf; name says unknown function
No scoring reasons supplied.
Related Mech records
| Family | Mech | Record | Protein | Link basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUF7438 (PF24219) | ProteinTraitsMech | Family of unknown function (DUF7438) | P13306 Uncharacterized 7.2 kDa protein in tk-vs intergenic region | canonical example family classification |
| DUF7438 (PF24219) | ProteinTraitsMech | Family of unknown function (DUF7438) | P13307 Uncharacterized 7.1 kDa protein in tk-vs intergenic region | canonical example family classification |
| DUF7438 (PF24219) | ProteinTraitsMech | Family of unknown function (DUF7438) | P39238 Uncharacterized 7.6 kDa protein in mobD-ri intergenic region | canonical example family classification |
| DUF7438 (PF24219) | ProteinTraitsMech | Family of unknown function (DUF7438) | 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.