Encapsulin nanocompartment cargo protein EncC (encC) is a 130-residue protein from Myxococcus xanthus (strain DK1622). This is its AlphaFold structure prediction, created 1 Aug 2025. UniProt accession: Q1D3Y8.
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The mean pLDDT of this model is 89.5 (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 | 75% |
| 70 to 90 | Confident: backbone generally right | 7% |
| 50 to 70 | Low: treat with caution | 15% |
| Below 50 | Very low: often disordered regions | 3% |
What pLDDT means and how to read it
Cargo protein of a type 1 encapsulin nanocompartment. May help nucleate Fe atoms in the interior of the encapsulin nanocompartment (Probable). Present in about 92 copies/encapsulin nanocompartment (PubMed:25024436)
Encapsulin nanocompartment
Compare the prediction with experimentally determined structures of the same protein:
| PDB ID | Method | Resolution | Chains and residues |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7S8T | X-ray | 2.49 Å | A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I/J=1-130 |
| 7S4Q | EM | 3.12 Å | F/G/H=119-130 |
| 9B9Q | EM | 3.14 Å | F/G/H=119-130 |
| 9BC8 | EM | 3.46 Å | E/F/G/H=119-130 |
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