SAXSdb — 1mul

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

DNA binding protein HU-alpha

Escherichia coli

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein monomer	Monomer	Protein 1	water × 1	Consistent with protein count
2	Protein homooligomer	Homooligomer	Protein 2	water × 2	Consistent with protein count

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	DBHA_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	1
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain A； PDBConstruct 1–90； UniProt 1–90

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2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

Entry ID entry_id	1mul
Deposition date deposition_date	2002-09-24
Structure title title	Crystal structure of the E. coli HU alpha2 protein
Keywords keywords	histone-like, DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN
Experimental Method method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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3. Official assembly/model SAXS Official SAXS Profiles

This page reads only the latest assembly calculations. Every curve maps to an explicit PDB entry, official biological assembly and coordinate model.

1mul__assembly_1__model_1

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

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1mul__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

100 plotted points; both axes use logarithmic scales.

1mul__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

P(r) will be calculated and displayed separately for the same assembly/model.

Rg（Guinier）	16.37 Å
Rg (electron density)	15.02 Å
Total Rg	16.02 Å
Atom count	539
Residues	76
Excluded volume	9694 Å³
Maximum q	0.500 Å⁻¹

Assembly	Model	Structure unit	Oligomeric description	Status	CRYSOL	Actions
1	1	`1mul__assembly_1__model_1`	monomeric （1）	Success	4.1.3-1-20251215 (887e7ef)	View Download
2	1	`1mul__assembly_2__model_1`	dimeric （2）	Success	4.1.3-1-20251215 (887e7ef)	View Download

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4. Crystallography and Experiment 4. Crystallography & Experiment

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5. Entities and Polymers Entities & Polymers (2)

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6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 2 domains

SCOP 2.08 (1 domains)

Domain ID domain_id	d1mula_
Class class	a — All alpha proteins
Fold Fold fold	a.55 — IHF-like DNA-binding proteins
Superfamily Superfamily superfamily	a.55.1 — IHF-like DNA-binding proteins
Family Family family	a.55.1.1 — Prokaryotic DNA-bending protein

CATH v4.4 (1 domains)

Domain ID domain_id	1mulA00
Class class	4 — Few Secondary Structures
Architecture architecture	10 — Irregular
Topology topology	520 — HU Protein; Chain A
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily	10 — IHF-like DNA-binding proteins

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Unit-cell length a length_a	31.090 Å
Unit-cell length b length_b	55.340 Å
Unit-cell length c length_c	117.630 Å
Unit-cell angle α angle_alpha	90.00 °
Unit-cell angle β angle_beta	90.00 °
Unit-cell angle γ angle_gamma	90.00 °
Molecules per unit cell Z z_pdb	8

Space group space_group	I 2 2 2
Space-group number int_tables_number	23
Crystal system crystal_system	—

Resolution resolution	2.300 Å
Low-resolution limit resolution_low	20.000 Å
R factor r_factor	0.2340
R_work r_work	0.2340
R_free r_free	0.2670

Description description	DNA binding protein HU-alpha
Molecular weight formula_weight	9550.0 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	A
Atom count atom_count	589

Crystal structure of the E. coli HU alpha2 protein

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

DNA binding protein HU-alpha

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

3. Official assembly/model SAXS Official SAXS Profiles

1mul__assembly_1__model_1

1mul__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

1mul__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

4. Crystallography and Experiment 4. Crystallography & Experiment

Unit cell Unit Cell

Symmetry Symmetry

Refinement Refinement

Diffraction experiment Diffraction

5. Entities and Polymers Entities & Polymers (2)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 2 Entity 2 water

6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 2 domains

SCOP 2.08 (1 domains)

CATH v4.4 (1 domains)

7. Citations (2)

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	562
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21

Description description	water
Molecular weight formula_weight	18.0 kDa
Source method src_method	nat
Copy count entity_count	50

Crystal structure of the E. coli HU alpha2 protein

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

DNA binding protein HU-alpha

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

3. Official assembly/model SAXS Official SAXS Profiles

1mul__assembly_1__model_1

1mul__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

1mul__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

4. Crystallography and Experiment 4. Crystallography & Experiment

Unit cell Unit Cell

Symmetry Symmetry

Refinement Refinement

Diffraction experiment Diffraction

5. Entities and Polymers Entities & Polymers (2)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 2 Entity 2 water

6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 2 domains

SCOP 2.08 (1 domains)

CATH v4.4 (1 domains)

7. Citations (2)