Clathrin light chain A (CLTA) is a 243-residue protein from Bos taurus. This is its AlphaFold structure prediction, created 1 Aug 2025. UniProt accession: P04973.
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The mean pLDDT of this model is 71.6 (confident overall). pLDDT is AlphaFold's per-residue confidence score from 0 to 100. In MolViewer, choose the B-factor color scheme to color the model by pLDDT, because AlphaFold stores it in the B-factor column.
| pLDDT band | Meaning | Share of residues |
|---|---|---|
| Above 90 | Very high: backbone and side chains are usually accurate | 22% |
| 70 to 90 | Confident: backbone generally right | 40% |
| 50 to 70 | Low: treat with caution | 16% |
| Below 50 | Very low: often disordered regions | 22% |
What pLDDT means and how to read it
Clathrin is the major protein of the polyhedral coat of coated pits and vesicles. Acts as a component of the TACC3/ch-TOG/clathrin complex proposed to contribute to stabilization of kinetochore fibers of the mitotic spindle by acting as inter-microtubule bridge (By similarity)
Clathrin coats are formed from molecules containing 3 heavy chains and 3 light chains. Interacts with CALY; the interaction stimulates clathrin self-assembly and clathrin-mediated endocytosis (By similarity). Interacts with CKAP5 and TACC3 forming the TACC3/ch-TOG/clathrin complex located at spindle inter-microtubules bridges; the complex implicates clathrin triskelions (By similarity)
Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane, Membrane, coated pit, Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, spindle
Compare the prediction with experimentally determined structures of the same protein:
| PDB ID | Method | Resolution | Chains and residues |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1XI4 | EM | 7.9 Å | J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R=95-164 |
| 3IYV | EM | 7.9 Å | J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R=95-164 |
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