4BD2: Bax domain swapped dimer

Name: PDB 4BD2: Bax domain swapped dimer in complex with BidBH3
Published: 2013-02-13
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Keywords: apoptosis

Bax domain swapped dimer in complex with BidBH3. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 2.21 Å resolution. Released 13 Feb 2013.

Method: X-ray diffraction
Resolution: 2.21 Å
Organism: HOMO SAPIENS
Chains: 2
Atoms: 1,455
Mol. weight: 22.88 kDa
Released: 13 Feb 2013

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

4BD2 contains 10 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: 8 helices, 0 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length
α-helix	16-36	21
α-helix	54-72	19
α-helix	74-82	9
α-helix	88-99	12
α-helix	107-143	37
α-helix	144-148	5
α-helix	149-154	6
α-helix	159-164	6

Chain C: 2 helices, 0 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	77-96	20
α-helix	97-99	3

Molecules and chains

Molecule	Chains	Type	Length	Organism	UniProt
Apoptosis regulator bax	A	protein	174	HOMO SAPIENS	Q07812 (AlphaFold model)
BH3-interacting domain death agonist	C	protein	34	HOMO SAPIENS	P55957 (AlphaFold model)

Sequence of entity 1 (A), FASTA

>4BD2_1 APOPTOSIS REGULATOR BAX (chains A)
MDGSGEQPRGGGPTSSEQIMKTGALLLQGFIQDRAGRMGGEAPELALDPVPQDASTKKLS
ESLKRIGDELDSNMELQRMIAAVDTDSPREVFFRVAADMFSDGNFNWGRVVALFYFASKL
VLKALSTKVPELIRTIMGWTLDFLRERLLGWIQDQGGWDGLLSYFGTPTWQGSS

Sequence of entity 2 (C), FASTA

>4BD2_2 BH3-INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST (chains C)
SESQEDIIRNIARHLAQVGDSMDRSIPPGLVNGL

Primary citation

Bax Crystal Structures Reveal How Bh3 Domains Activate Bax and Nucleate its Oligomerization to Induce Apoptosis. Czabotar, P.E., Westphal, D., Dewson, G. et al. Cell (2013) 152:519. DOI 10.1016/J.CELL.2012.12.031 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt Q07812 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

4ZIE 1.8 Å, Crystal Structure of core/latch dimer of Bax in complex with BimBH3
5W60 1.8 Å, Crystal structure of BAXP168G monomer cryo-protected with ethylene glycol
4S0O 1.9 Å, Crystal Structure of the Autoinhibited Dimer of Pro-apoptotic BAX (I)
5W5Z 2.0 Å, Crystal structure of BAXP168G in complex with an activating antibody at high resolution
6EB6 2.02 Å, Crystal structure of BAX W139A monomer
8SRX 2.09 Å, Crystal structure of BAK-BAX heterodimer with lysoPC
8G1T 2.09 Å, Crystal structure of Bax core domain BH3-groove dimer - tetrameric fraction P21
6TRR 2.12 Å, Structural insight into tanapoxvirus mediated inhibition of apoptosis
4ZII 2.19 Å, Crystal Structure of core/latch dimer of BaxI66A in complex with BidBH3
4ZIG 2.2 Å, Crystal Structure of core/latch dimer of Bax in complex with BidBH3mini
8SPF 2.2 Å, Crystal structure of Bax core domain BH3-groove dimer - hexameric fraction with…
7ADT 2.21 Å, Orf virus Apoptosis inhibitor ORFV125

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