WD repeats are defined by the presence of four or more repeating units containing a conserved core of about 40 amino acids, usually terminating with tryptophan aspartic acid (WD). Within this protein family, WD repeat domains are thought to share two common features:
- The domain folds into a circularized beta-propeller structure.
- the domains form a platform without catalytic activity on which multiple protein complexes reversibly assemble.