Protein GAL3 (GAL3) is a 520-residue protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c). This is its AlphaFold structure prediction, created 1 Aug 2025. UniProt accession: P13045.
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The mean pLDDT of this model is 92.4 (very high overall). pLDDT is AlphaFold's per-residue confidence score from 0 to 100. In MolViewer, choose the B-factor color scheme to color the model by pLDDT, because AlphaFold stores it in the B-factor column.
| pLDDT band | Meaning | Share of residues |
|---|---|---|
| Above 90 | Very high: backbone and side chains are usually accurate | 79% |
| 70 to 90 | Confident: backbone generally right | 19% |
| 50 to 70 | Low: treat with caution | 3% |
| Below 50 | Very low: often disordered regions | 0% |
What pLDDT means and how to read it
The GAL3 regulatory function is required for rapid induction of the galactose system. At normal induction, galactose in the presence of the GAL3 protein may lead to the induction of the GAL genes, including GAL1. Then the galactokinase protein (GAL1) in the presence of galactose may reinforce the induction leading to a higher expression level. Upon depletion of galactose, the inducing activity of the galactokinase protein may decrease, after which transcription of the GAL genes, including GAL1, may decrease
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