4E1I

Fragment of human prion protein


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.03 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.253 
  • R-Value Work: 0.187 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.190 

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Literature

Crystal structure of a human prion protein fragment reveals a motif for oligomer formation.

Apostol, M.I.Perry, K.Surewicz, W.K.

(2013) J Am Chem Soc 135: 10202-10205

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja403001q
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4E1H, 4E1I

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The structural transition of the prion protein from α-helical- to β-sheet-rich underlies its conversion into infectious and disease-associated isoforms. Here we describe the crystal structure of a fragment from human prion protein consisting of the disulfide-bond-linked portions of helices 2 and 3. Instead of forming a pair-of-sheets steric zipper structure characteristic of amyloid fibers, this fragment crystallized into a β-sheet-rich assembly of hexameric oligomers. This study reveals a never before observed structural motif for ordered protein aggregates and suggests a possible mechanism for self-propagation of misfolded conformations by such nonamyloid oligomers.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States. marcinapostol@yahoo.com


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Major prion protein
A, C, E, G, I
A, C, E, G, I, K
6Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
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Go to UniProtKB:  P04156
PHAROS:  P04156
GTEx:  ENSG00000171867 
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  • Reference Sequence

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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Major prion protein
B, D, F, H, J
B, D, F, H, J, L
6Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.03 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.253 
  • R-Value Work: 0.187 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.190 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 35.338α = 90
b = 41.217β = 90
c = 46.6γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALAdata scaling
PHASERphasing
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
XSCALEdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2013-03-06
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2013-11-27
    Changes: Database references