4AZ2: Human thrombin - inhibitor complex

Human thrombin - inhibitor complex. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 2.6 Å resolution. Released 15 Aug 2012.

Method
X-ray diffraction
Resolution
2.6 Å
Organisms
HOMO SAPIENS, HIRUDO MEDICINALIS
Chains
3
Atoms
2,560
Mol. weight
35.21 kDa
Ligands
NAG, 9MU
Released
15 Aug 2012

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

4AZ2 contains 14 α-helices and 23 β-strands across 3 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

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix16-183
α-helix25-317
Chain B: 11 helices, 23 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
β-strand211
β-strand5-622
α-helix7-82
β-strand15-2173
β-strand24-3293
β-strand37-4043
α-helix42-443
β-strand46-4724
α-helix48-503
β-strand52-5324
β-strand59-6353
β-strand6715
β-strand77-7933
β-strand81-8663
β-strand9116
β-strand9716
β-strand101-10553
α-helix108-1114
α-helix117-1182
β-strand11912
α-helix120-1212
α-helix123-1297
β-strand135-14062
β-strand15915
β-strand161-16772
α-helix170-1756
β-strand185-18842
α-helix192-1943
β-strand19911
β-strand208-21252
β-strand219-22792
β-strand238-24252
α-helix244-2463
α-helix247-25610
Chain D: 1 helix, 0 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix2-43

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Thrombin light chainAprotein30HOMO SAPIENSP00734 (AlphaFold model)
Thrombin heavy chainBprotein257HOMO SAPIENSP00734 (AlphaFold model)
Hirudin-3A'Dprotein11HIRUDO MEDICINALISP28508 (AlphaFold model)
Sequence of entity 1 (A), FASTA
>4AZ2_1 THROMBIN LIGHT CHAIN (chains A)
GEADCGLRPLFEKKSLEDKTERELLESYID
Sequence of entity 2 (B), FASTA
>4AZ2_2 THROMBIN HEAVY CHAIN (chains B)
IVEGSDAEIGMSPWQVMLFRKSPQELLCGASLISDRWVLTAAHCLLYPPWDKNFTENDLL
VRIGKHSRTRYERNIEKISMLEKIYIHPRYNWRENLDRDIALMKLKKPVAFSDYIHPVCL
PDRETAASLLQAGYKGRVTGWGNLKETWTANVGKGQPSVLQVVNLPIVERPVCKDSTRIR
ITDNMFCAGYKPDEGKRGDACEGDSGGPFVMKSPFNNRWYQMGIVSWGEGCDRDGKYGFY
THVFRLKKWIQKVIDQF
Sequence of entity 3 (D), FASTA
>4AZ2_3 HIRUDIN-3A' (chains D)
DFEEIPEEYLQ

Ligands and cofactors

IDNameFormulaCopies
NAG2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoseC8 H15 N O61
9MU(r)-N-((S)-1-carbamimidoyl-piperidin-3-ylmethyl)-2-(naphthalene-2-sulfonylamino…C26 H31 N5 O3 S1

Primary citation

Design and Synthesis of Potent and Highly Selective Thrombin Inhibitors. Hilpert, K., Ackermann, J., Banner, D.W. et al. J Med Chem (1994) 37:3889. DOI 10.1021/JM00049A008 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P00734 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

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