3G1E: Coil 1A of human vimentin

X-ray crystal structure of coil 1A of human vimentin. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 1.83 Å resolution. Released 5 May 2009.

Method: X-ray diffraction
Resolution: 1.83 Å
Chains: 2
Atoms: 687
Mol. weight: 8.97 kDa
Released: 5 May 2009

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

3G1E contains 2 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: 1 helix, 0 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	104-137	34

Chain B: 1 helix, 0 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	106-137	32

Molecules and chains

Molecule	Chains	Type	Length	Organism	UniProt
Vimentin	A, B	protein	39		P08670 (AlphaFold model)

Sequence of entity 1 (A, B), FASTA

>3G1E_1 Vimentin (chains A, B)
XNEKVELQELNDRFANLIDKVRFLEQQNKILLAELEQLX

Primary citation

Vimentin coil 1A-A molecular switch involved in the initiation of filament elongation. Meier, M., Padilla, G.P., Herrmann, H. et al. J Mol Biol (2009) 390:245-261. DOI 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.067 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P08670 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

1GK7 1.4 Å, Human vimentin coil 1A fragment (1A)
4YPC 1.44 Å, Trimeric crystal structure of vimentin coil1B fragment
4MD5 1.65 Å, Immune Receptor
3SWK 1.7 Å, Crystal structure of vimentin coil1B fragment
4MDJ 1.7 Å, Immune Receptor
1GK6 1.9 Å, Human vimentin coil 2B fragment linked to GCN4 leucine zipper (Z2B)
6ATF 1.9 Å, HLA-DRB1*1402 in complex with Vimentin59-71
6ATI 1.98 Å, HLA-DRB1*1402 in complex with Vimentin-64Cit59-71
4MDI 2.0 Å, Immune Receptor
4YV3 2.0 Å, Trimeric crystal structure of vimentin coil1B fragment
6YXK 2.0 Å, Crystal structure of ACPA 3F3 in complex with cit-vimentin 59-74
4MD0 2.19 Å, Immune Receptor

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