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CATH List File (CLF)

Format 2.0

This file format has an entry for each structural entry in CATH.

Column Description
1 CATH domain name (seven characters)
2 Class number
3 Architecture number
4 Topology number
5 Homologous superfamily number
6 S35 sequence cluster number
7 S60 sequence cluster number
8 S95 sequence cluster number
9 S100 sequence cluster number
10 S100 sequence count number
11 Domain length
12 Structure resolution (Angstroms)
(999.000 for NMR structures and 1000.000 for obsolete PDB entries)

Comment lines start with a '#' character.

Example

1oaiA00     1    10     8    10     1     1     1     1     1    59 1.000
1go5A00     1    10     8    10     1     1     1     1     2    69 999.000
1oksA00     1    10     8    10     2     1     1     1     1    51 1.800
1t6oA00     1    10     8    10     2     1     2     1     1    49 2.000
1cuk003     1    10     8    10     3     1     1     1     1    48 1.900
1hjp003     1    10     8    10     3     1     1     2     1    44 2.500
1c7yA03     1    10     8    10     3     1     1     2     2    48 3.100
1p3qQ00     1    10     8    10     4     1     1     1     1    43 1.700
1mn3A00     1    10     8    10     4     1     2     1     1    52 2.300
1nv8B01     1    10     8    10     5     1     1     1     1    71 2.200

CATH Domain Names

The domain names have seven characters (e.g. 1oaiA00).

Characters Description
1-4 PDB Code
The first 4 characters determine the PDB code e.g. 1oai
5 Chain Character
This determines which PDB chain is represented.
6-7 Domain Number
The domain number is a 2-figure, zero-padded number (e.g. '01', '02' … '10', '11', '12'). Where the domain number is a double ZERO ('00') this indicates that the domain is a whole PDB chain with no domain chopping.

Hierachy Node Representatives

Representative structural domains are selected from the CathDomainList based on the numbering scheme. For example the S35 sequence family representatives for superfamily 1.10.8.10 in the above example are 1oaiA00, 1oksA00, 1cuk003, 1p3qQ00 and 1nv8B01 as these are the first instances in the file with the same superfamily number i.e. 1.10.8.10 but all have different S35 numbers (1 to 5).