3SWK: Vimentin coil1B fragment

Crystal structure of vimentin coil1B fragment. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 1.7 Å resolution. Released 15 Aug 2012.

Method: X-ray diffraction
Resolution: 1.7 Å
Organism: Homo sapiens
Chains: 2
Atoms: 1,691
Mol. weight: 20.8 kDa
Released: 15 Aug 2012

Explore 3SWK in 3D Show helices and sheets RCSB PDB PDBe

Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

3SWK contains 3 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: 2 helices, 0 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	155-207	53
α-helix	210-234	25

Chain B: 1 helix, 0 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	154-236	83

Molecules and chains

Molecule	Chains	Type	Length	Organism	UniProt
Vimentin	A, B	protein	86	Homo sapiens	P08670 (AlphaFold model)

Sequence of entity 1 (A, B), FASTA

>3SWK_1 Vimentin (chains A, B)
EMRELRRQVDQLTNDKARVEVERDNLAEDIMRLREKLQEEMLQREEAENTLQSFRQDVDN
ASLARLDLERKVESLQEEIAFLKKLH

Primary citation

Atomic structure of the vimentin central alpha-helical domain and its implications for intermediate filament assembly. Chernyatina, A.A., Nicolet, S., Aebi, U. et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 109:13620-13625. DOI 10.1073/pnas.1206836109 · 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
4MDJ 1.7 Å, Immune Receptor
3G1E 1.83 Å, X-ray crystal structure of coil 1A of human vimentin
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

Browse structure collections

About this viewer

MolViewer shows 3SWK directly in your browser with nothing to install. Switch between cartoon, ball-and-stick, spacefill and surface views, color by chain, secondary structure or B-factor, measure distances, angles and dihedrals, and share or embed the view.