EAL domain

In molecular biology, the EAL domain is a conserved protein domain.

It is found in diverse bacterial signalling proteins.

It is named EAL after its conserved residues.

The EAL domain may function as a diguanylate phosphodiesterase.

[1] The domain contains many conserved acidic residues that could participate in metal binding and might form the phosphodiesterase active site.