9KRI | pdb_00009kri

human creatine transporter

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9KRI/pdb
• EM Map EMD-62528: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: MEMBRANE PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Homo sapiens
• Mutation(s): No 
• Membrane Protein: Yes  mpstruc


• Deposited: 2024-11-27 Released: 2025-05-21 
• Deposition Author(s): Yu, J., Ge, J.P., Chen, J.H.
• Funding Organization(s): Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.39 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Literature

Transport and inhibition mechanisms of human creatine transporter.

Chen, J., Zhang, Y., Chen, N., Ge, J., Yu, J.

(2025) Cell Discov 11: 43-43

• PubMed: 40325013 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41421-025-00801-4
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  9KR7, 9KRH, 9KRI

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Organizational Affiliation: 
• Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Center for Quantitative Biology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.
School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China. [e-mail].
Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. [e-mail].
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Aging Studies, Shanghai, China. [e-mail].

Biological Assembly 1  

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

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by (software)

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 70.76 kDa 
• Atom Count: 4,236 
• Modeled Residue Count: 532 
• Deposited Residue Count: 635 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Sodium- and chloride-dependent creatine transporter 1	A	635	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: SLC6A8 Membrane Entity: Yes
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P48029 (Homo sapiens) Explore P48029  Go to UniProtKB:  P48029
PHAROS:  P48029 GTEx:  ENSG00000130821

Small Molecules

Ligands 3 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
A1D9S	B [auth A]	3-carbamimidamidopropanoic acid C4 H9 N3 O2 KMXXSJLYVJEBHI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CL	C [auth A]	CHLORIDE ION Cl VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
NA	D [auth A]	SODIUM ION Na FKNQFGJONOIPTF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.39 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2025-05-21 
Deposition Author(s): Yu, J., Ge, J.P., Chen, J.H.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	--

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2025-05-21
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2025-11-26
  Changes: Data collection