3NBT: Trimeric cytochrome c from horse heart

Crystal structure of trimeric cytochrome c from horse heart. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 2.1 Å resolution. Released 14 Jul 2010.

Method
X-ray diffraction
Resolution
2.1 Å
Organism
Equus caballus
Chains
6
Atoms
5,667
Mol. weight
75.97 kDa
Ligands
HEC
Released
14 Jul 2010

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

3NBT contains 46 α-helices and 12 β-strands across 6 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: 8 helices, 2 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix3-1311
α-helix24-263
β-strand3911
α-helix50-545
α-helix571
β-strand5811
α-helix591
α-helix61-677
α-helix71-744
α-helix88-10114
Chain B: 7 helices, 2 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix3-1311
α-helix24-263
α-helix381
β-strand3912
α-helix50-545
β-strand5812
α-helix61-699
α-helix71-744
α-helix88-10114
Chain C: 10 helices, 2 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix3-1311
α-helix24-263
α-helix381
β-strand3913
α-helix47-493
α-helix50-534
α-helix571
β-strand5813
α-helix591
α-helix61-699
α-helix71-744
α-helix88-10114
Chain D: 6 helices, 2 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix3-1311
α-helix24-263
β-strand3914
α-helix50-534
β-strand5814
α-helix61-699
α-helix71-744
α-helix88-10114
Chain E: 8 helices, 2 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix3-1311
α-helix24-263
β-strand3915
α-helix50-545
α-helix571
β-strand5815
α-helix591
α-helix61-699
α-helix71-744
α-helix88-10114
Chain F: 7 helices, 2 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix3-1311
α-helix24-263
α-helix381
β-strand3916
α-helix50-534
β-strand5816
α-helix61-699
α-helix71-744
α-helix88-10114

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Cytochrome cA, B, C, D, E, Fprotein104Equus caballusP00004 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A, B, C, D, E, F), FASTA
>3NBT_1 Cytochrome c (chains A, B, C, D, E, F)
GDVEKGKKIFVQKCAQCHTVEKGGKHKTGPNLHGLFGRKTGQAPGFTYTDANKNKGITWK
EETLMEYLENPKKYIPGTKMIFAGIKKKTEREDLIAYLKKATNE

Ligands and cofactors

IDNameFormulaCopies
HECHeme CC34 H36 Fe N4 O46

Water and common crystallization additives (PGE, PEG, PG4) are not listed.

Primary citation

Cytochrome c polymerization by successive domain swapping at the C-terminal helix. Hirota, S., Hattori, Y., Nagao, S. et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 107:12854-12859. DOI 10.1073/pnas.1001839107 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P00004 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

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