8ZLC | pdb_00008zlc

Crystal Structure of Ankyrin Repeat Protein from Plasmodium falciparum

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8ZLC/pdb

• Classification: STRUCTURAL PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Plasmodium falciparum
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2024-05-18 Released: 2025-05-21 
• Deposition Author(s): Kumari, P., Gautam, A.K., Gourinath, S., Malhotra, P.
• Funding Organization(s): Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.13 Å
• R-Value Free: 
  0.229 (Depositor), 0.214 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work: 
  0.185 (Depositor), 0.196 (DCC) 

Starting Model: in silico

Literature

Crystal Structure of Ankyrin Repeat Protein from Plasmodium falciparum

Kumari, P., Gautam, A.K., Gourinath, S., Malhotra, P.

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.

Biological Assembly Evidence: gel filtration

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 31.16 kDa 
• Atom Count: 2,221 
• Modeled Residue Count: 270 
• Deposited Residue Count: 272 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Ankyrin-repeat protein	A, B	136	Plasmodium falciparum	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: PF3D7_1410800
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8ILY7 (Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7)) Explore Q8ILY7  Go to UniProtKB:  Q8ILY7

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.13 Å
• R-Value Free:  0.229 (Depositor), 0.214 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work:  0.185 (Depositor), 0.196 (DCC) 

Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 42.377	α = 90
b = 62.742	β = 90
c = 91.784	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
REFMAC	refinement
autoPROC	data reduction
autoPROC	data scaling
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2025-05-21 
Deposition Author(s): Kumari, P., Gautam, A.K., Gourinath, S., Malhotra, P.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Department of Biotechnology (DBT, India)	India	--

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2025-05-21
  Type: Initial release