The THUMP domain is shared by 4-thiouridine, pseudouridine synthases and RNA methylases[1] and is probably an RNA-binding domain that adopts an
alpha/beta fold similar to that found in the C-terminal domain of translation initiation factor 3 and ribosomal protein S8.
The THUMP domain probably functions by delivering a variety of RNA modification enzymes to their targets [1].
This domain is found in the thiamine biosynthesis proteins (ThiI) (see IPR003720).
Sugahara M, Murai S, Sugahara M, Kunishima N.
Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the putative thiamine-biosynthesis protein PH1313 from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3.
Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 63 2007 56-8
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Waterman DG, Ortiz-Lombardia M, Fogg MJ, Koonin EV, Antson AA.
Crystal structure of Bacillus anthracis ThiI, a tRNA-modifying enzyme containing the predicted RNA-binding THUMP domain.
J. Mol. Biol. 356 2006 97-110
[PubMed: 16343540] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.013