8PWO | pdb_00008pwo

Hepatitis B core protein with bound Geraniol

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8PWO/pdb
• EM Map EMD-17996: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE
• Organism(s): Hepatitis B virus ayw/France/Tiollais/1979
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2023-07-21 Released: 2024-07-31 
• Deposition Author(s): Makbul, C., Khayenko, V., Maric, M.H., Bottcher, B.
• Funding Organization(s): German Research Foundation (DFG)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 2.80 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Literature

Induction of hepatitis B core protein aggregation targeting an unconventional binding site

Khayenko, V., Makbul, C., Schulte, C., Hemmelmann, N., Kachler, S., Bottcher, B., Maric, H.M., Comas-Garcia, M., Dotsch, V.

(2025) Elife 13

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.98827

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Icosahedral - I  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 240-mer - A240 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 85.2 kDa 
• Atom Count: 4,610 
• Modeled Residue Count: 572 
• Deposited Residue Count: 732 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Capsid protein	A [auth B], B [auth A], C, D	183	Hepatitis B virus ayw/France/Tiollais/1979	Mutation(s): 0
UniProt
Find proteins for P03146 (Hepatitis B virus genotype D subtype ayw (isolate France/Tiollais/1979)) Explore P03146  Go to UniProtKB:  P03146

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
64Z (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	E [auth A], F [auth A], G [auth C], H [auth D]	Geraniol C10 H18 O GLZPCOQZEFWAFX-JXMROGBWSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 2.80 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
RECONSTRUCTION	RELION	4
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2024-07-31 
Deposition Author(s): Makbul, C., Khayenko, V., Maric, M.H., Bottcher, B.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
German Research Foundation (DFG)	Germany	BO1150/17-1
German Research Foundation (DFG)	Germany	MA6957/1-1
German Research Foundation (DFG)	Germany	INST 93/903-1
German Research Foundation (DFG)	Germany	INST 93/1042-1
German Research Foundation (DFG)	Germany	INST 93/1143-1

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2024-07-31
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2025-08-13
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Structure summary