8DYS

Crystal structure of human Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2A (eIF2A)

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8DYS/pdb

• Classification: TRANSLATION
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Spodoptera frugiperda
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2022-08-05 Released: 2022-08-17 
• Deposition Author(s): Righetto, G.L., Zeng, H., Dong, A., Li, Y., Hutchinson, A., Seitova, A., Arrowsmith, C.H., Edwards, A.M., Halabelian, L., Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC)
• Funding Organization(s): Other private

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.80 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.228 
• R-Value Work: 0.200 
• R-Value Observed: 0.201 

Literature

Crystal structure of human Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2A (eIF2A)

Righetto, G.L., Zeng, H., Dong, A., Li, Y., Hutchinson, A., Seitova, A., Arrowsmith, C.H., Edwards, A.M., Halabelian, L., Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC)

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 67.49 kDa 
• Atom Count: 3,394 
• Modelled Residue Count: 409 
• Deposited Residue Count: 603 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2A	A	603	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: EIF2A, CDA02, MSTP004, MSTP089
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for Q9BY44 (Homo sapiens) Explore Q9BY44  Go to UniProtKB:  Q9BY44
PHAROS:  Q9BY44 GTEx:  ENSG00000144895

Small Molecules

Ligands 3 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
GOL	D [auth A]	GLYCEROL C3 H8 O3 PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
EDO	B [auth A], C [auth A]	1,2-ETHANEDIOL C2 H6 O2 LYCAIKOWRPUZTN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
UNX	E [auth A], F [auth A], G [auth A]	UNKNOWN ATOM OR ION X

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.80 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.228 
• R-Value Work: 0.200 
• R-Value Observed: 0.201 
• Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 54.289	α = 90
b = 84.847	β = 90
c = 99.34	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
Aimless	data scaling
PHASER	phasing
REFMAC	refinement
PDB_EXTRACT	data extraction
XDS	data reduction

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2022-08-17 
Deposition Author(s): Righetto, G.L., Zeng, H., Dong, A., Li, Y., Hutchinson, A., Seitova, A., Arrowsmith, C.H., Edwards, A.M., Halabelian, L., Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC)

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Other private	Canada	--

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2022-08-17
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2023-10-18
  Changes: Data collection, Refinement description