Q02725: Vacuolar transporter chaperone 3 complex subunit 3 (VTC3)

Vacuolar transporter chaperone 3 complex subunit 3 (VTC3) is a 835-residue protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c). This is its AlphaFold structure prediction, created 1 Aug 2025. UniProt accession: Q02725.

Gene
VTC3
Organism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Length
835 residues
Mean pLDDT
72.9
Model
AF-Q02725-F1 v6
Model created
1 Aug 2025
PDB structures
3

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Model confidence (pLDDT)

The mean pLDDT of this model is 72.9 (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 bandMeaningShare of residues
Above 90Very high: backbone and side chains are usually accurate30%
70 to 90Confident: backbone generally right39%
50 to 70Low: treat with caution9%
Below 50Very low: often disordered regions22%

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Function

Accessory subunit of the vacuolar transporter chaperone (VTC) complex. The VTC complex acts as a vacuolar polyphosphate polymerase that catalyzes the synthesis of inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) via transfer of phosphate from ATP to a growing polyP chain, releasing ADP. VTC exposes its catalytic domain VTC4 to the cytosol, where the growing polyP chain winds through a tunnel-shaped pocket, integrating cytoplasmic polymer synthesis with polyP membrane translocation (PubMed:19390046). The VTC complex carries 9 vacuolar transmembrane domains, which are likely to constitute the translocation channel into the organelle lumen (PubMed:19390046, PubMed:25315834). PolyP synthesis is tightly coupled…

Subunit structure

The VTC core complex is an integral membrane heterooligomer composed of the catalytic subunit VTC4 and the accessory subunits VTC1, VTC2 and VTC3. The complex exists in 2 different sub-complexes: VTC1-VTC2-VCT4 and VCT1-VTC3-VTC4. The VCT1-VTC3-VTC4 subcomplex is mostly found on the vacuolar membrane. The VTC1-VTC2-VCT4 subcomplex is observed in the cell periphery, probably ER and nuclear…

Subcellular location

Vacuole membrane, Cytoplasm, cell cortex, Endoplasmic reticulum membrane, Cytoplasmic vesicle, autophagosome membrane

Experimental structures in the PDB

Compare the prediction with experimentally determined structures of the same protein:

PDB IDMethodResolutionChains and residues
7YTJEM3.0 ÅE=1-835
9UMGEM3.04 ÅE=203-806
8I6VEM3.06 ÅD=1-835

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