3MD4: Prion peptide

Prion peptide. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 1.15 Å resolution. Released 25 May 2011.

Method
X-ray diffraction
Resolution
1.15 Å
Chains
2
Atoms
103
Mol. weight
1.25 kDa
Released
25 May 2011

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

3MD4 contains 0 α-helices and 2 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.

Chains A and B: 0 helices, 1 β-strand

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand128-13141

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Major prion proteinA, Bprotein6P04156 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A, B), FASTA
>3MD4_1 Major prion protein (chains A, B)
GYMLGS

Primary citation

Diversity in the cross-beta spine structure of prion peptides. Lee, S., Yee, V.C. To be published.

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P04156 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

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