InterPro domain: IPR025476

This domain is found in Helitrons, recently recognised eukaryotic transposons that are predicted to amplify by a rolling-circle mechanism [ 1 ]. In many instances a protein-coding gene is disrupted by their insertion.

1. Structure-based discovery and description of plant and animal Helitrons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106, 12832-7