5H31

Structural basis for dimerization of the death effector domains of Caspase-8

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb5H31/pdb

• Classification: HYDROLASE
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): Yes 


• Deposited: 2016-10-19 Released: 2017-10-25 
• Deposition Author(s): Shen, C., Pei, J., Guo, X., Quan, J.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 3.17 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.268 
• R-Value Work: 0.225 
• R-Value Observed: 0.229 

Literature

Structural basis for dimerization of the death effector domains of Caspase-8

Shen, C., Pei, J., Guo, X., Zhou, L., Li, Q., Quan, J.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 2-mer - A2 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Biological Assembly 2  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 2-mer - A2 

Biological assembly 2 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 89.37 kDa 
• Atom Count: 6,064 
• Modelled Residue Count: 728 
• Deposited Residue Count: 752 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Caspase-8	A, B, C, D	188	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 1  Gene Names: CASP8, MCH5 EC: 3.4.22.61
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for Q14790 (Homo sapiens) Explore Q14790  Go to UniProtKB:  Q14790
PHAROS:  Q14790 GTEx:  ENSG00000064012

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 3.17 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.268 
• R-Value Work: 0.225 
• R-Value Observed: 0.229 
• Space Group: P 1 2₁ 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 51.774	α = 90
b = 51.706	β = 90.054
c = 171.959	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PHENIX	refinement
HKL-2000	data reduction
HKL-2000	data scaling
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2017-10-25 
Deposition Author(s): Shen, C., Pei, J., Guo, X., Quan, J.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2017-10-25
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2024-03-20
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description