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IPR029060 is a PIN-like domain superfamily.
This superfamily represents a domain sharing protein structural similarity with the PIN domain. This domain can also be found in the N-terminal of the 5'3'-exonuclease, which has a 3-layer α/β/α core structure and contains an α-helical arch [[PMID:8657312]]. PIN domains are small protein domains identified by the presence of three strictly conserved acidic residues. Apart from these three residues, there is poor sequence conservation [[PMID:21036780]]. PIN domains are found in eukaryotes, eubacteria and archaea. In eukaryotes they are ribonucleases involved in nonsense mediated mRNA decay [[PMID:17053788]] and in processing of 18S ribosomal RNA [[PMID:19706509]]. In prokaryotes, they are the toxic components of toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems, their toxicity arising by virtue of their ribonuclease activity. The PIN domain TA systems are now called VapBC TAs(virulence associated proteins), where VapB is the inhibitor and VapC, the PIN-domain ribonuclease toxin [[PMID:21036780]].
This description is obtained from EB-eye REST.