9LPG | pdb_00009lpg

Crystal structure of maize CRY-GL2 photosignaling complex

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9LPG/pdb

• Classification: PLANT PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Zea mays
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): Yes 


• Deposited: 2025-01-24 Released: 2025-11-05 
• Deposition Author(s): Liu, Y., Zhang, P.
• Funding Organization(s): National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.80 Å
• R-Value Free: 
  0.267 (Depositor), 0.267 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work: 
  0.232 (Depositor), 0.232 (DCC) 
• R-Value Observed: 
  0.233 (Depositor) 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

Crystal structure of maize CRY-GL2 photosignaling complex

Liu, Y., Zhang, P.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Dihedral - D2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 8-mer - A4B4 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: gel filtration

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 248.53 kDa 
• Atom Count: 13,981 
• Modeled Residue Count: 1,760 
• Deposited Residue Count: 2,228 
• Unique protein chains: 2

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Cryptochrome2	A, C [auth B]	688	Zea mays	Mutation(s): 1  Gene Names: 100194126, ZEAMMB73_Zm00001d003477
UniProt
Find proteins for B8A2L5 (Zea mays) Explore B8A2L5  Go to UniProtKB:  B8A2L5

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Protein ECERIFERUM 26-like	B [auth E], D [auth F]	426	Zea mays	Mutation(s): 0
UniProt
Find proteins for A0A804MAL4 (Zea mays) Explore A0A804MAL4  Go to UniProtKB:  A0A804MAL4

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
FAD (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	E [auth A], F [auth B]	FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE C27 H33 N9 O15 P2 VWWQXMAJTJZDQX-UYBVJOGSSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.80 Å
• R-Value Free:  0.267 (Depositor), 0.267 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work:  0.232 (Depositor), 0.232 (DCC) 
• R-Value Observed: 0.233 (Depositor) 

Space Group: C 2 2 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 108.347	α = 90
b = 217.056	β = 90
c = 228.803	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PHENIX	refinement
HKL-3000	data scaling
HKL-3000	data reduction
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2025-11-05 
Deposition Author(s): Liu, Y., Zhang, P.

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

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2025-11-05
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2025-11-12
  Changes: Derived calculations