6TJ4: PfELC

P. falciparum essential light chain, N-terminal domain. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 1.5 Å resolution. Released 21 Oct 2020.

Method: X-ray diffraction
Resolution: 1.5 Å
Organism: Plasmodium falciparum 3D7
Chains: 2
Atoms: 1,319
Mol. weight: 18.04 kDa
Released: 21 Oct 2020

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

6TJ4 contains 8 α-helices and 4 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: 4 helices, 2 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	2-16	15
β-strand	22	1	1
α-helix	25-34	10
α-helix	41-46	6
β-strand	52	1	1
α-helix	53-63	11

Chain B: 4 helices, 2 β-strands

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	6-16	11
β-strand	22-23	2	2
α-helix	25-34	10
α-helix	41-45	5
β-strand	51-52	2	2
α-helix	53-63	11

Molecules and chains

Molecule	Chains	Type	Length	Organism	UniProt
PfELC	A, B	protein	75	Plasmodium falciparum 3D7	Q8IJM4 (AlphaFold model)

Sequence of entity 1 (A, B), FASTA

>6TJ4_1 PfELC (chains A, B)
SMASDMEEKFREAFILFSSCSDHIEMYKFFELMNSFGIILTNDEKAALPNDINMDYWLNF
AKKHYNYEQPFKHIN

Primary citation

Structural role of essential light chains in the apicomplexan glideosome. Pazicky, S., Dhamotharan, K., Kaszuba, K. et al. Commun Biol (2020) 3:568-568. DOI 10.1038/s42003-020-01283-8 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt Q8IJM4 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

8A12 2.03 Å, Plasmodium falciparum Myosin A full-length, post-rigor state complexed to Mg.ATP-gamma-S
8CDQ 2.21 Å, Plasmodium falciparum Myosin A full-length, post-rigor state complexed to the inhibitor…
8CDM 2.35 Å, Plasmodium falciparum Myosin A full-length, post-rigor state complexed to the inhibitor…
9T7I 2.35 Å, Plasmodium falciparum Myosin A full-length, post-rigor state, complexed to the inhibitor…
6ZN3 2.51 Å, Plasmodium facliparum glideosome trimeric sub-complex
6YCY 2.55 Å, Plasmodium falciparum Myosin A full-length, post-rigor state
6YCZ 3.27 Å, Plasmodium falciparum Myosin A delta-Nter, Post-Rigor state
6YCX 3.99 Å, Plasmodium falciparum Myosin A full-length, pre-powerstroke state
6TJ3 P. falciparum essential light chain, N-terminal domain

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