1i4m

Crystal structure of the human prion protein reveals a mechanism for oligomerization

Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION

1. Protein Identity and Related Structures Protein Identity & Related Structures

MAJOR PRION PROTEIN

Homo sapiens

UniProt P04156

State in the Current Structure

Assembly Physical composition Protein state Molecular copy count Associated components Data consistency
1 Protein homooligomer Homooligomer Protein 2 CADMIUM ION × 4 CHLORIDE ION × 2 water × 2 Consistent with protein count

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence
UniProt name PRIO_HUMAN
Isoform
PDB entities 1
Chains and sequence ranges Author chain A; PDBConstruct 1–108; UniProt 119–226

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2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

Entry ID entry_id1i4m
Deposition date deposition_date2001-02-22
Structure title titleCrystal structure of the human prion protein reveals a mechanism for oligomerization
Keywords keywordsDOMAIN-SWAPPED DIMER, MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN
Experimental Method methodX-RAY DIFFRACTION

3. Official assembly/model SAXS Official SAXS Profiles

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1i4m__assembly_1__model_1

Assembly 1 · Model 1 · CRYSOL 4.1.3-1-20251215 (887e7ef)

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1i4m__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

10-2 10-1 105 106 107 q (1/Angstrom) I(q)
100 plotted points; both axes use logarithmic scales.

1i4m__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

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Rg(Guinier)22.40 Å
Rg (electron density)22.04 Å
Total Rg22.53 Å
Atom count1784
Residues216
Excluded volume31245 ų
Maximum q0.500 Å⁻¹
Assembly Model Structure unit Oligomeric description Status CRYSOL Actions
1 1 1i4m__assembly_1__model_1 dimeric (2) Success 4.1.3-1-20251215 (887e7ef) View Download

4. Crystallography and Experiment 4. Crystallography & Experiment

5. Entities and Polymers Entities & Polymers (4)

6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 2 domains

SCOP 2.08 (1 domains)

Domain ID domain_idd1i4ma_
Class classd — Alpha and beta proteins (a+b)
Fold Fold foldd.6 — Prion-like
Superfamily Superfamily superfamilyd.6.1 — Prion-like
Family Family familyd.6.1.1 — Prion-like

CATH v4.4 (1 domains)

Domain ID domain_id1i4mA00
Class class1 — Mainly Alpha
Architecture architecture10 — Orthogonal Bundle
Topology topology790 — Major Prion Protein
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily10 — Prion/Doppel protein, beta-ribbon domain

7. Citations (1)