Ear hair canal is sometimes trimmed for cosmetic reasons. Excessive hair growth within or on the ear is known medically as "auricular hypertrichosis". Some men, particularly in the male population of India, have coarse hair growth along the lower portion of the helix, a condition referred to as "having "hairy pinnae"" ("hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita"). Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles in the dermis, or skin. With the exception of areas of glabrous skin, the human body is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair. It is an important biomaterial primarily composed of protein, notably keratin.
Protein domain Pfam database using the prefix DUF followed by a number, with examples being DUF2992 and DUF1220. There are now over 3,000 DUF families within the Pfam database representing over 20% of known families. "This article incorporates text and figures from George, R. A. (2002) "Predicting Structural Domains in Proteins" Thesis, University College London, which were contributed by its author." Protein domain A protein domain is a conserved part of a given protein sequence and (tertiary) structure that can evolve, function, and exist independently of the rest of the protein chain. Each domain forms a compact three-dimensional structure and often can