Protein deadlock (del) is a 981-residue protein from Drosophila melanogaster. This is its AlphaFold structure prediction, created 1 Aug 2025. UniProt accession: Q9VIF5.
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The mean pLDDT of this model is 61.5 (low 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 | 25% |
| 70 to 90 | Confident: backbone generally right | 9% |
| 50 to 70 | Low: treat with caution | 15% |
| Below 50 | Very low: often disordered regions | 51% |
What pLDDT means and how to read it
Developmental protein involved in oogenesis (PubMed:16616913). Required for germline maintenance, stability of mitotic spindles, localization of patterning determinants, oocyte growth and fusome biogenesis in males and females (PubMed:16616913). Also required for dorso-ventral and antero-posterior patterning of oocyte and eggshell (PubMed:16616913). May be involved in microtubule function during oogenesis (PubMed:16616913). Part of a rhi-dependent transcription machinery that enables the generation of piRNA precursors from heterochromatin while maintaining the suppression of transposon-encoded promoters and enhancers (PubMed:28847004). Component of the RDC complex (rhi, del and cuff) which…
Component of the Rhino-Deadlock-Cutoff (RDC) complex, composed of rhi/rhino, del/deadlock and cuff/cutoff (PubMed:24906153). Interacts (via N-terminus) with rhi/rhino (via C-terminus); this interaction is direct (PubMed:24906153, PubMed:29858487). Interacts (via C-terminus) with cuff/cutoff; this interaction is direct (PubMed:24906153)
Nucleus, Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, microtubule organizing center, centrosome, Chromosome
Compare the prediction with experimentally determined structures of the same protein:
| PDB ID | Method | Resolution | Chains and residues |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5XYV | X-ray | 2.1 Å | C/D=1-60 |
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