8SFI: WT CRISPR-Cas12a with a 8bp R-loop

WT CRISPR-Cas12a with a 8bp R-loop. Determined by electron microscopy at 3.5 Å resolution. Released 3 Jul 2024.

Method
Electron microscopy
Resolution
3.5 Å
Organisms
Acidaminococcus sp. BV3L6, synthetic construct
Chains
4
Atoms
11,477
Mol. weight
201.57 kDa
Released
3 Jul 2024

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

8SFI contains 64 α-helices and 47 β-strands across 1 chain. 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: 64 helices, 47 β-strands

ElementResiduesLengthSheet
α-helix4-63
β-strand1111
β-strand13-23112
α-helix27-348
α-helix36-6631
α-helix74-8613
α-helix89-11123
α-helix119-13214
α-helix136-1394
α-helix141-1466
α-helix153-1597
α-helix160-1623
α-helix166-1694
α-helix170-18011
α-helix189-1913
α-helix192-1976
α-helix198-21417
α-helix219-22911
α-helix237-2404
α-helix244-2485
α-helix252-26312
α-helix277-2859
α-helix290-2967
α-helix303-3086
α-helix327-34317
α-helix345-35511
β-strand365-36623
α-helix368-3703
α-helix371-3788
α-helix384-39512
α-helix403-41412
β-strand418-41923
α-helix420-4267
α-helix431-44919
α-helix453-4553
α-helix461-48121
β-strand48413
α-helix494-50613
α-helix510-52213
β-strand531-53332
α-helix549-5524
β-strand555-55952
β-strand562-56762
β-strand57114
β-strand57414
α-helix580-5812
β-strand58215
β-strand591-59332
β-strand596-59726
α-helix601-6044
α-helix613-6208
β-strand626-62837
β-strand63218
α-helix6351
β-strand636-63837
α-helix640-6467
α-helix657-6637
α-helix666-68419
β-strand68718
α-helix701-7033
α-helix708-7147
α-helix715-7184
β-strand719-72026
β-strand723-72532
β-strand72615
α-helix728-73710
β-strand741-74662
α-helix748-7503
α-helix757-7593
α-helix760-7689
α-helix771-7755
β-strand779-78132
β-strand786-79052
α-helix862-8643
β-strand868-877102
β-strand88211
α-helix888-89811
β-strand904-90969
β-strand915-92069
β-strand926-93169
α-helix941-95313
α-helix958-98629
β-strand989-99359
α-helix1009-102416
β-strand1026110
β-strand1043110
α-helix1047-10493
β-strand1058-105929
β-strand1062-106549
β-strand1083111
α-helix1091-10999
β-strand1103-1107512
β-strand1112-1118712
β-strand1126111
β-strand1135-1140612
β-strand1145-1147313
β-strand1153-1155313
β-strand1159-1165714
β-strand1168-1176914
α-helix1178-118811
α-helix1201-12044
α-helix1209-122315
β-strand1226-1228315
β-strand1235-1237315
β-strand1238116
β-strand1241112
β-strand1250116
α-helix1251-12533
α-helix1262-128322
α-helix1293-12942
α-helix1295-130511

Molecules and chains

MoleculeChainsTypeLengthOrganismUniProt
CRISPR-associated endonuclease Cas12aAprotein1311Acidaminococcus sp. BV3L6U2UMQ6 (AlphaFold model)
RNA (28-mer)BRNA48synthetic construct
DNA (5'-d(p*cp*tp*tp*ap*tp*cp*ap*cp*tp*ap*ap*ap*ap*gp*ap*tp*cp*gp*gp*ap*ap*g)-3')CDNA56synthetic construct
DNA (5'-d(p*cp*tp*tp*cp*cp*gp*ap*tp*cp*tp*tp*tp*tp*ap*gp*tp*gp*ap*tp*a)-3')DDNA56synthetic construct
Sequence of entity 1 (A), FASTA
>8SFI_1 CRISPR-associated endonuclease Cas12a (chains A)
GAASMTQFEGFTNLYQVSKTLRFELIPQGKTLKHIQEQGFIEEDKARNDHYKELKPIIDR
IYKTYADQCLQLVQLDWENLSAAIDSYRKEKTEETRNALIEEQATYRNAIHDYFIGRTDN
LTDAINKRHAEIYKGLFKAELFNGKVLKQLGTVTTTEHENALLRSFDKFTTYFSGFYENR
KNVFSAEDISTAIPHRIVQDNFPKFKENCHIFTRLITAVPSLREHFENVKKAIGIFVSTS
IEEVFSFPFYNQLLTQTQIDLYNQLLGGISREAGTEKIKGLNEVLNLAIQKNDETAHIIA
SLPHRFIPLFKQILSDRNTLSFILEEFKSDEEVIQSFCKYKTLLRNENVLETAEALFNEL
NSIDLTHIFISHKKLETISSALCDHWDTLRNALYERRISELTGKITKSAKEKVQRSLKHE
DINLQEIISAAGKELSEAFKQKTSEILSHAHAALDQPLPTTLKKQEEKEILKSQLDSLLG
LYHLLDWFAVDESNEVDPEFSARLTGIKLEMEPSLSFYNKARNYATKKPYSVEKFKLNFQ
MPTLASGWDVNKEKNNGAILFVKNGLYYLGIMPKQKGRYKALSFEPTEKTSEGFDKMYYD
YFPDAAKMIPKCSTQLKAVTAHFQTHTTPILLSNNFIEPLEITKEIYDLNNPEKEPKKFQ
TAYAKKTGDQKGYREALCKWIDFTRDFLSKYTKTTSIDLSSLRPSSQYKDLGEYYAELNP
LLYHISFQRIAEKEIMDAVETGKLYLFQIYNKDFAKGHHGKPNLHTLYWTGLFSPENLAK
TSIKLNGQAELFYRPKSRMKRMAHRLGEKMLNKKLKDQKTPIPDTLYQELYDYVNHRLSH
DLSDEARALLPNVITKEVSHEIIKDRRFTSDKFFFHVPITLNYQAANSPSKFNQRVNAYL
KEHPETPIIGIDRGERNLIYITVIDSTGKILEQRSLNTIQQFDYQKKLDNREKERVAARQ
AWSVVGTIKDLKQGYLSQVIHEIVDLMIHYQAVVVLENLNFGFKSKRTGIAEKAVYQQFE
KMLIDKLNCLVLKDYPAEKVGGVLNPYQLTDQFTSFAKMGTQSGFLFYVPAPYTSKIDPL
TGFVDPFVWKTIKNHESRKHFLEGFDFLHYDVKTGDFILHFKMNRNLSFQRGLPGFMPAW
DIVFEKNETQFDAKGTPFIAGKRIVPVIENHRFTGRYRDLYPANELIALLEEKGIVFRDG
SNILPKLLENDDSHAIDTMVALIRSVLQMRNSNAATGEDYINSPVRDLNGVCFDSRFQNP
EWPMDADANGAYHIALKGQLLLNHLKESKDLKLQNGISNQDWLAYIQELRN
Sequence of entity 2 (B), FASTA
>8SFI_2 RNA (28-MER) (chains B)
UUUUUAAUUUCUACUCUUGUAGAUGUGAUAAGUGGAAUGCCAUGUGGA
Sequence of entity 3 (C), FASTA
>8SFI_3 DNA (5'-D(P*CP*TP*TP*AP*TP*CP*AP*CP*TP*AP*AP*AP*AP*GP*AP*TP*CP*GP*GP*AP*AP*G)-3') (chains C)
AGCACAGTAGCTACTCCAGTACCGTAAGGTCTTATCACTAAAAGATCGGAAGAGCG
Sequence of entity 4 (D), FASTA
>8SFI_4 DNA (5'-D(P*CP*TP*TP*CP*CP*GP*AP*TP*CP*TP*TP*TP*TP*AP*GP*TP*GP*AP*TP*A)-3') (chains D)
CGCTCTTCCGATCTTTTAGTGATAAGACCTTACGGTACTGGAGTAGCTACTGTGCT

Primary citation

Cas12a domain flexibility guides R-loop formation and forces RuvC resetting. Strohkendl, I., Saha, A., Moy, C. et al. Mol Cell (2024) 84:2717-2731.e6. DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.06.007 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt U2UMQ6 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

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