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They have six transmembrane α helices (TM) and two additional membrane-embedded domains.
The number of potential helices is larger than the actual number present in the biologically-active structure (see CRW Methods http://www.rna.icmb.utexas.edu/METHODS/).
Each category can be searched against a defined set of structural elements, as outlined in Table 5. The structural elements for these nucleotide categories are based on 1) positions that are paired and unpaired and 2) positions at the center or 5' and 3' ends of helices and loops.
Most transmembrane proteins are formed from bundles of helices that traverse the membrane lipid bilayer.
Secondary structure prediction based on the multiple alignment of the ERF domain suggests a globular α + β fold with five helices and three or four strands (Fig.