8Z1E | pdb_00008z1e

A homotrimeric GPCR architecture of the human cytomegalovirus (UL78) revealed by cryo-EM

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8Z1E/pdb
• EM Map EMD-39724: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: ANTIVIRAL PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Human herpesvirus 5 strain AD169
• Expression System: Spodoptera frugiperda
• Mutation(s): No 
• Membrane Protein: Yes  MemProtMD


• Deposited: 2024-04-11 Released: 2024-05-15 
• Deposition Author(s): Chen, Y., Li, Y., Zhou, Q., Cong, Z., Lin, S., Yan, J., Chen, X., Yang, D., Ying, T., Wang, M.-W.
• Funding Organization(s): National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.12 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Literature

A homotrimeric GPCR architecture of the human cytomegalovirus revealed by cryo-EM.

Chen, Y., Li, Y., Zhou, Q., Cong, Z., Lin, S., Yan, J., Chen, X., Yang, D., Ying, T., Wang, M.W.

(2024) Cell Discov 10: 52-52

• PubMed: 38750025 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41421-024-00684-x
• Primary Citation Related Structures: 
  8Z1E

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Organizational Affiliation: 
• Research Center for Deepsea Bioresources, Sanya, Hainan, China.
Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
The National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Research Center for Deepsea Bioresources, Sanya, Hainan, China. [e-mail].
The National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. [e-mail].
Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. [e-mail].
Research Center for Deepsea Bioresources, Sanya, Hainan, China. [e-mail].
Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. [e-mail].
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. [e-mail].
School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China. [e-mail].

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C3  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 3-mer - A3 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 95.62 kDa 
• Atom Count: 6,516 
• Modeled Residue Count: 834 
• Deposited Residue Count: 855 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Uncharacterized protein UL78	A, B, C [auth R]	285	Human herpesvirus 5 strain AD169	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: UL78 Membrane Entity: Yes
UniProt
Find proteins for P16751 (Human cytomegalovirus (strain AD169)) Explore P16751  Go to UniProtKB:  P16751

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.12 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2024-05-15 
Deposition Author(s): Chen, Y., Li, Y., Zhou, Q., Cong, Z., Lin, S., Yan, J., Chen, X., Yang, D., Ying, T., Wang, M.-W.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)	China	82073904

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2024-05-15
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2024-05-29
  Changes: Database references
• Version 1.2: 2024-10-30
  Changes: Data collection, Structure summary
• Version 1.3: 2025-07-23
  Changes: Data collection