7BML

Crystal structure of outer surface protein C (OspC) from Borrelia burgdorferi

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb7BML/pdb

• Classification: UNKNOWN FUNCTION
• Organism(s): Borreliella burgdorferi
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2021-01-20 Released: 2021-02-10 
• Deposition Author(s): Sliwiak, J., Bierwagen, P., Ruszkowski, M., Jaskolski, M., Urbanowicz, A.
• Funding Organization(s): Polish National Science Centre

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.85 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.253 
• R-Value Work: 0.190 
• R-Value Observed: 0.191 

Literature

Structural studies of outer surface proteins (OspC) from different Borrelia strains

Sliwiak, J., Bierwagen, P., Ruszkowski, M., Jaskolski, M., Urbanowicz, A.

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 Evidence: gel filtration

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: 73.35 kDa 
• Atom Count: 5,115 
• Modelled Residue Count: 640 
• Deposited Residue Count: 696 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Outer surface protein C	A, B, C, D	174	Borreliella burgdorferi	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: ospC
UniProt
Find proteins for Q44977 (Borreliella burgdorferi) Explore Q44977  Go to UniProtKB:  Q44977

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.85 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.253 
• R-Value Work: 0.190 
• R-Value Observed: 0.191 
• Space Group: P 1 2₁ 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 53.983	α = 90
b = 48.769	β = 96.19
c = 94.696	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PHENIX	refinement
XSCALE	data scaling
PDB_EXTRACT	data extraction
XDS	data reduction
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2021-02-10 
Deposition Author(s): Sliwiak, J., Bierwagen, P., Ruszkowski, M., Jaskolski, M., Urbanowicz, A.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Polish National Science Centre	Poland	2015/17/B/NZ1/ 00873

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2021-02-10
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2024-01-31
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description