1PFB: Polycomb protein

Structural Basis for specific binding of polycomb chromodomain to histone H3 methylated at K27. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 1.4 Å resolution. Released 7 Oct 2003.

Method
X-ray diffraction
Resolution
1.4 Å
Organism
Drosophila melanogaster
Chains
2
Atoms
716
Mol. weight
8.17 kDa
Released
7 Oct 2003

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

1PFB contains 3 α-helices and 4 β-strands across 2 chains. Residue ranges use author residue numbering, as in the PDB file, from PDBe. To see them in 3D, choose the Cartoon representation with Secondary structure coloring: helices, sheets and coils get different colors.

Chain A: 3 helices, 3 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand24-37141
β-strand40-4781
α-helix52-543
β-strand56-5941
α-helix60-623
α-helix67-737
Chain B: 0 helices, 1 β-strand
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand23-2751

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Polycomb proteinAprotein55Drosophila melanogasterP26017 (AlphaFold model)
Histone H3, embryonicBprotein11P06352 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A), FASTA
>1PFB_1 Polycomb protein (chains A)
DLVYAAEKIIQKRVKKGVVEYRVKWKGWNQRYNTWEPEVNILDRRLIDIYEQTNK
Sequence of entity 2 (B), FASTA
>1PFB_2 Histone H3, embryonic (chains B)
LATKAARKSAP

Primary citation

Structural basis for specific binding of Polycomb chromodomain to histone H3 methylated at Lys 27. Min, J.R., Zhang, Y., Xu, R.-M. Genes Dev (2003) 17:1823-1828. DOI 10.1101/gad.269603 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P26017 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

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