An update is given on the Database of Expected Fold classes (DEF) that
contains a collection of fold-class predictions made from protein seq
uences and a mail server that provides new predictions for new sequenc
es. To any given sequence one of 49 fold-classes is chosen to classify
the structure related to the sequence with high accuracy. The updated
prediction system is developed using data from the new version of the
3D-ALI database of aligned protein structures and thus is giving more
reliable and more detailed predictions than the previous DEF system.