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- Adapted from the work of Dr. Mark Howarth with some modifications:
+ The structure of Semaphorin 6A extracellular domain (PDB ID: 3afc) is not so suitable for letter P since the bottom part of the « P » is so short. I used FimD (PDB ID: 4j3o) for both letter D and P. Interestingly, in different display angles, FimD looks similar to either letter D or P.
+ To obtain a better view for this font, selected protein crystal structures are displayed using Surf as drawing method. B and Q are still displayed with cartoon format since Surf does not show the corresponding letter-alike shape.
+ Proteins are colored with the secondary structure format. Letter O is an exception: Since it is derived from a homododecameric form, the secondary structure format somehow could not be applied.
Letter A: DNA gyrase reaction core from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (PDB ID: 3ifz)
Letter B: Ferredoxin-like protein from Bordetella bronchiseptica. (PDB ID: 2qyc)
Letter C: Ribonuclease inhibitor from pig (Sus scrofa). (PDB: 2bnh)
Letter D: FimD from Escherichia coli forms the usher pore. (PDB: 4j3o)
Letter E: Tagatose-6-phosphate kinase from Staphylococcus aureus. (PDB ID: 2q5r)
Letter F: Fragments of myosin-11, myosin regulatory light chain 2, and myosin light polypeptide 6 from chicken (Gallus gallus) (PDB ID: 3j04)
Letter G: α2-macroglobulin from Salmonella enterica (PDB ID: 4u48)
Letter H: 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I from Homo sapiens (PDB ID: 1xu9)
Letter I: Stalk domain of YadA adhesin from Yersinia enterocolitica (PDB ID: 3h7x)
Letter J: PR65/A subunit of Protein Phosphatase 2A from Homo sapiens (PDB ID: 1b3u)
Letter K: Keratin-like domain of transcription factor SEPALLATA3 from Arabidopsis thaliana. (PDB ID: 4ox0)
Letter L: Elongation Factor P from Thermus thermophilus (PDB ID:1ueb)
Letter M: ATP(CTP):tRNA nucleotidyltransferase from Homo sapiens (PDB ID: 1ou5)
Letter N: Hypothetical protein TM1380 from Thermotoga maritima (PDB ID: 1z85)
Letter O: Cytolysin A from Escherichia coli (PDB ID: 2wcd)
Letter P: FimD from Escherichia coli forms the usher pore. (PDB: 4j3o)
Letter Q: OccK3 outer membrane channel from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PDB ID: 3szv)
Letter R: Activin A from Homo sapiens bound to a fragment of follistatin from rat (Rattus norvegicus) (PDB ID: 2arp)
Letter S: Transportin-1 from Homo sapiens recognizing a nuclear localization signal (PDB ID: 2ot8)
Letter T: GAF domain from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (PDB ID: 3e98)
Letter U: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-B from Homo sapiens bound to neutralizing antibody fragment. PDB ID: 2vwe)
Letter V: YiiP zinc transporter from Escherichia coli. (PDB ID: 3h90)
Letter W: DNA-binding domain of BurrH from Burkholderia rhizoxinica (PDB ID: 4cj9)
Letter X: Tetratricopeptide repeat domain of Olinked N-acetylglucosamine transferase from Homo sapiens. (PDB ID: 1w3b)
Letter Y: IgG2a antibody from mouse (Mus musculus). (PDB ID: 1igt)
Letter Z: Part of collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylase from Homo sapiens. (PDB ID: 4bta)
