Talk:DNA-binding domain

winged helix turn helix
Hi, should we replace chapter DNA-binding domain to winged helix turn helix considering discussion on the wHTH fold superfamily rather than on the ETS family? Redeemer079 (talk) 14:46, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * What you are proposing seems reasonable to me. Changing the "ETS domain" heading to "Winged helix turn helix" would certainly be more consistent with the names of the other sections which are all descriptive of the tertiary structure of the particular domain.  Therefore I support your proposed name change.  Boghog2 (talk) 15:23, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Would external wiki links to the ETS domain be still functional after the name change? Redeemer079 (talk) 15:32, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Just to clarify things, I think what you mean are internal WP links (links from one WP page to another). External links are from WP articles to sites external to WP and vice versa. Assuming what you mean are internal links, any name change at worst would cause a double redirect.  The link would still work, but if it exists, an effort should be made to eliminate it.  I am not certain what happens if a link is to a section of a page.  If the section still exists, the browser will automatically scroll down to that section.  If the section no longer exists (or if the name has been changed), I think the link will still take you to the page but obviously it won't be able to scroll down to the appropriate section since it no longer exists (or exists under a different name). In any case, one can always go back to the page that links to the section on this page, and make the appropriate changes. Ultimately I think the best solution will be to make separate WP articles for each of these sections and include a brief summary in this article for each of the DBD motifs. ETS (aka Winged helix turn helix) already has a separate  article.  I would suggest in addition, separate articles for "Immunoglobulin fold" and "B3 DNA binding domain", leaving behind of course a brief description of these domains in this article.  Cheers. Boghog2 (talk) 15:59, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, in this way we will avoid putting numerous and detailed citation in the root DNA-binding domain chapter. I'm going to make separate B3 article. Cheers. Redeemer079 (talk) 16:22, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Great! Creating separate articles for each of these sections is certainly the cleanest solution.  Boghog2 (talk) 16:39, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

More less (more "less" :)) 'separating' is done with B3 DNA binding domain and Winged helix turn helix chapters, which are definitely in need for cross-validation. (Is "ETS" must have as separate article?) But DNA-binding domain was completely "left behind" :). Cheers. Redeemer079 (talk) 19:57, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

The section on types has a subsection for winged-helix domains and another for winged helix-turn-helix domains. As far as I have been able to gather, they are the same thing. Does anyone have a solid reference that distinguishes the two? If not, I suggest the two subsections be merged and that the full name (winged helix-turn-helix domain) be retained. Ninjatacoshell (talk) 03:49, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

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