7PFE: Histone H3.2

Nucleosome 2 of the 4x197 nucleosome array containing H1. Determined by electron microscopy at 4.4 Å resolution. Released 3 Aug 2022.

Method
Electron microscopy
Resolution
4.4 Å
Organisms
Homo sapiens, synthetic construct
Chains
11
Atoms
13,880
Mol. weight
245.19 kDa
Released
3 Aug 2022

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

7PFE contains 45 α-helices and 21 β-strands across 9 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: 5 helices, 2 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix41-422
α-helix45-5612
α-helix64-7815
β-strand83-8421
α-helix86-11328
β-strand118-11922
α-helix121-13111
Chain b: 4 helices, 3 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix25-284
α-helix31-4010
β-strand45-4622
α-helix50-7324
β-strand80-8121
α-helix83-9210
β-strand96-9833
Chain c: 8 helices, 2 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix11-133
α-helix17-204
α-helix27-3610
α-helix46-7227
β-strand77-7824
α-helix80-8910
α-helix91-966
α-helix1001
β-strand101-10225
α-helix113-1153
Chain d: 4 helices, 1 β-strand
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix38-4811
β-strand53-5424
α-helix56-8328
α-helix91-10111
α-helix105-12218
Chain e: 5 helices, 2 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix41-422
α-helix45-5612
α-helix64-7512
β-strand83-8426
α-helix86-11328
β-strand118-11927
α-helix121-13111
Chain f: 4 helices, 3 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix26-283
α-helix31-4010
β-strand45-4627
α-helix50-7526
β-strand80-8126
α-helix83-9210
β-strand97-9825
Chain g: 7 helices, 3 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix12-143
α-helix17-204
α-helix27-3610
β-strand42-4328
α-helix46-7227
β-strand77-7829
α-helix80-889
α-helix91-966
β-strand100-10233
α-helix113-1153
Chain h: 4 helices, 2 β-strands
ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix38-4811
β-strand53-5429
α-helix56-8328
β-strand88-8928
α-helix91-10111
α-helix105-12319

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Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
Histone H3.2a, eprotein136Homo sapiensQ71DI3 (AlphaFold model)
Histone H4b, fprotein103Homo sapiensP62805 (AlphaFold model)
Histone H2A type 1-B/Ec, gprotein147Homo sapiensP04908 (AlphaFold model)
Histone H2B type 1-Kd, hprotein126Homo sapiensO60814 (AlphaFold model)
DNA (177-mer)JDNA177synthetic construct
DNA (177-mer)IDNA177synthetic construct
Histone H1.4uprotein218Homo sapiensP10412
Sequence of entity 1 (a, e), FASTA
>7PFE_1 Histone H3.2 (chains a, e)
MARTKQTARKSTGGKAPRKQLATKAARKSAPATGGVKKPHRYRPGTVALREIRRYQKSTE
LLIRKLPFQRLVREIAQDFKTDLRFQSSAVMALQEASEAYLVGLFEDTNLAAIHAKRVTI
MPKDIQLARRIRGERA
Sequence of entity 2 (b, f), FASTA
>7PFE_2 Histone H4 (chains b, f)
MSGRGKGGKGLGKGGAKRHRKVLRDNIQGITKPAIRRLARRGGVKRISGLIYEETRGVLK
VFLENVIRDAVTYTEHAKRKTVTAMDVVYALKRQGRTLYGFGG
Sequence of entity 3 (c, g), FASTA
>7PFE_3 Histone H2A type 1-B/E (chains c, g)
HHHHHHENLYFQSNAPWMSGRGKQGGKARAKAKTRSSRAGLQFPVGRVHRLLRKGNYSER
VGAGAPVYLAAVLEYLTAEILELAGNAARDNKKTRIIPRHLQLAIRNDEELNKLLGRVTI
AQGGVLPNIQAVLLPKKTESHHKAKGK
Sequence of entity 4 (d, h), FASTA
>7PFE_4 Histone H2B type 1-K (chains d, h)
MPEPAKSAPAPKKGSKKAVTKAQKKDGKKRKRSRKESYSVYVYKVLKQVHPDTGISSKAM
GIMNSFVNDIFERIAGEASRLAHYNKRSTITSREIQTAVRLLLPGELAKHAVSEGTKAVT
KYTSAK
Sequence of entity 5 (J), FASTA
>7PFE_5 DNA (177-MER) (chains J)
CTTAATACTTACATGACAGGATGTATATATCTGACACGTGCCTGGAGACTAGGGAGTAAT
CCCCTTGGCGGTTAAAACGCGGGGGACAGCGCGTACGTGCGTTTAAGCGGTGCTAGAGCT
GTCTACGACCAATTGAGCGGCCTCGGCACCGGGATTCTCCAGTATGGCGGCCAGTGC
Sequence of entity 6 (I), FASTA
>7PFE_6 DNA (177-MER) (chains I)
GCACTGGCCGCCATACTGGAGAATCCCGGTGCCGAGGCCGCTCAATTGGTCGTAGACAGC
TCTAGCACCGCTTAAACGCACGTACGCGCTGTCCCCCGCGTTTTAACCGCCAAGGGGATT
ACTCCCTAGTCTCCAGGCACGTGTCAGATATATACATCCTGTCATGTAAGTATTAAG
Sequence of entity 7 (u), FASTA
>7PFE_7 Histone H1.4 (chains u)
SETAPAAPAAPAPAEKTPVKKKARKSAGAAKRKASGPPVSELITKAVAASKERSGVSLAA
LKKALAAAGYDVEKNNSRIKLGLKSLVSKGTLVQTKGTGASGSFKLNKKAASGEAKPKAK
KAGAAKAKKPAGAAKKPKKATGAATPKKSAKKTPKKAKKPAAAAGAKKAKSPKKAKAAKP
KKAPKSPAKAKAVKPKAAKPKTAKPKAAKPKKAAAKKK

Primary citation

Histone H1 binding to nucleosome arrays depends on linker DNA length and trajectory. Dombrowski, M., Engeholm, M., Dienemann, C. et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol (2022) 29:493-501. DOI 10.1038/s41594-022-00768-w · PubMed

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