2Z9A: Human Saposin C Dimer in Open Conformation

Crystal Structure of Human Saposin C Dimer in Open Conformation. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 2.5 Å resolution. Released 29 Apr 2008.

Method: X-ray diffraction
Resolution: 2.5 Å
Organism: Homo sapiens
Chains: 2
Atoms: 1,253
Mol. weight: 20.48 kDa
Released: 29 Apr 2008

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

2Z9A contains 13 α-helices and 0 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: 7 helices, 0 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length
α-helix	4-19	16
α-helix	22-29	8
α-helix	32-37	6
α-helix	44-54	11
α-helix	55-57	3
α-helix	58-64	7
α-helix	68-74	7

Chain B: 6 helices, 0 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length
α-helix	3-19	17
α-helix	22-37	16
α-helix	44-54	11
α-helix	55-57	3
α-helix	58-64	7
α-helix	68-74	7

Molecules and chains

Molecule	Chains	Type	Length	Organism	UniProt
Proactivator polypeptide	A, B	protein	88	Homo sapiens	P07602 (AlphaFold model)

Sequence of entity 1 (A, B), FASTA

>2Z9A_1 Proactivator polypeptide (chains A, B)
YVSDVYCEVCEFLVKEVTKLIDNNKTEKEILDAFDKMCSKLPKSLSEECQEVVDTYGSSI
LSILLEEVSPELVCSMLHLCSRHHHHHH

Primary citation

Crystal structures of human saposins C and d: implications for lipid recognition and membrane interactions. Rossmann, M., Schultz-Heienbrok, R., Behlke, J. et al. Structure (2008) 16:809-817. DOI 10.1016/j.str.2008.02.016 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P07602 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

3BQP 1.3 Å, Crystal Structure of Human Saposin D (orthorhombic)
9I63 1.65 Å, Synthetic Human Saposin D glycoprotein
4UEX 1.8 Å, Structure of human Saposin A at lysosomal pH
4DDJ 1.9 Å, Crystal structure of saposin A in complex with lauryldimethylamine-N-oxide (LDAO)
2DOB 2.0 Å, Crystal Structure of Human Saposin A
3BQQ 2.0 Å, Crystal Structure of Human Saposin D (triclinic)
2RB3 2.1 Å, Crystal Structure of Human Saposin D
4V2O 2.13 Å, Structure of saposin B in complex with chloroquine
1N69 2.2 Å, Crystal structure of human saposin B
6SLR 2.38 Å, Structure of saposin B in complex with atovaquone
2GTG 2.4 Å, Crystal Structure of Human Saposin C
2QYP 2.45 Å, Orthorhombic Crystal Structure of Human Saposin C Dimer in Open Conformation

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