PAS domain

PAS fold
Crystallographic structure of the PAS domain of the bacterial oxygen sensor protein fixL. The protein is depicted as a rainbow colored cartoon (N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red) while the heme ligand is shown as sticks (carbon = white, nitrogen = blue, oxygen = red, iron = orange).
Identifiers
SymbolPAS
PfamPF00989
Pfam clanCL0183
ECOD223.1.1
InterProIPR013767
SMARTPAS
PROSITEPDOC50112
SCOP22phy / SCOPe / SUPFAM
CDDcd00130
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary
PDB1byw, 1d06, 1d7e, 1dp6, 1dp8, 1dp9, 1drm, 1ew0, 1f98, 1f9i, 1gsv, 1gsw, 1gsx, 1kou, 1ll8, 1lsv, 1lsw, 1lsx, 1lt0, 1mzu, 1nwz, 1odv, 1ot6, 1ot9, 1ota, 1otb, 1otd, 1ote, 1oti, 1s1y, 1s1z, 1s4r, 1s4s, 1s66, 1s67, 1t18, 1t19, 1t1a, 1t1b, 1t1c, 1ts0, 1ts6, 1ts7, 1ts8, 1ugu, 1uwn, 1uwp, 1v9y, 1v9z, 1vb6, 1wa9, 1xfn, 1xfq, 1xj2, 1xj3, 1xj4, 1xj6, 1y28, 2d01, 2d02, 2phy, 2pyp, 2pyr, 3phy, 3pyp

A Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain is a protein domain found in all kingdoms of life. Generally, the PAS domain acts as a molecular sensor, whereby small molecules and other proteins associate via binding of the PAS domain. Due to this sensing capability, the PAS domain has been shown as the key structural motif involved in protein-protein interactions of the circadian clock, and it is also a common motif found in signaling proteins, where it functions as a signaling sensor.