2CHB: Cholera toxin B-pentamer

Cholera toxin B-pentamer complexed with GM1 pentasaccharide. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 2.0 Å resolution. Released 3 Dec 1997.

Method
X-ray diffraction
Resolution
2.0 Å
Organism
Vibrio cholerae
Chains
5
Atoms
4,774
Mol. weight
63.44 kDa
Released
3 Dec 1997

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

2CHB contains 20 α-helices and 30 β-strands across 5 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 D: 4 helices, 6 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix5-95
β-strand15-2391
β-strand26-3051
β-strand38-4141
β-strand47-5041
α-helix51-533
α-helix61-7818
α-helix801
β-strand81-8881
β-strand94-10291
Chain E: 5 helices, 6 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix5-95
β-strand15-2391
β-strand26-3051
β-strand38-4141
β-strand47-5041
α-helix51-533
α-helix59-613
α-helix62-7817
α-helix801
β-strand81-8881
β-strand94-10291
Chain F: 3 helices, 6 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix5-95
β-strand15-2391
β-strand26-3051
β-strand38-4141
β-strand47-5041
α-helix60-7718
α-helix801
β-strand81-8881
β-strand94-10291
Chain G: 4 helices, 6 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix5-95
β-strand15-2391
β-strand26-3051
β-strand38-4141
β-strand47-5041
α-helix51-533
α-helix59-7820
α-helix801
β-strand81-8881
β-strand94-10291
Chain H: 4 helices, 6 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix5-95
β-strand15-2391
β-strand26-3051
β-strand38-4141
β-strand47-5041
α-helix51-533
α-helix61-7717
α-helix801
β-strand81-8881
β-strand94-10291

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Cholera toxinD, E, F, G, Hprotein104Vibrio choleraeP01556 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (D, E, F, G, H), FASTA
>2CHB_1 CHOLERA TOXIN (chains D, E, F, G, H)
MTPQNITDLCAEYHNTQIHTLNDKIFSYTESLAGKREMAIITFKNGATFQVEVPGSQHID
SQKKAIERMKDTLRIAYLTEAKVEKLCVWNNKTPHAIAAISMAN

Primary citation

Structural studies of receptor binding by cholera toxin mutants. Merritt, E.A., Sarfaty, S., Jobling, M.G. et al. Protein Sci (1997) 6:1516-1528. PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P01556 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

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