1xa4

Crystal structure of CaiB, a type III CoA transferase in carnitine metabolism

Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
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1. Protein Identity and Related Structures Protein Identity & Related Structures

Crotonobetainyl-CoA:carnitine CoA-transferase

Escherichia coli

UniProt P31572

State in the Current Structure

Assembly Physical composition Protein state Molecular copy count Associated components Data consistency
1 Protein homooligomer Homooligomer Protein 2 SULFATE ION × 1 2-[BIS-(2-HYDROXY-ETHYL)-AMINO]-2-HYDROXYMETHYL-PROPANE-1,3-DIOL × 2 COENZYME A × 1 water × 2 Consistent with protein count

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence
UniProt name CAIB_ECOLI
Isoform —
PDB entities 1
Chains and sequence ranges Author chain A; PDBConstruct 26–429; UniProt 2–405 Author chain B; PDBConstruct 26–429; UniProt 2–405

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2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

Entry ID entry_id1xa4
Deposition date deposition_date2004-08-25
Structure title titleCrystal structure of CaiB, a type III CoA transferase in carnitine metabolism
Keywords keywordsCaiB, carnitine, CoA transferase, CoA, Coenzyme A, interlocked, dimer, Bis-tris, TRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE
Experimental Method methodX-RAY DIFFRACTION
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3. Official assembly/model SAXS Official SAXS Profiles

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1xa4__assembly_1__model_1

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

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1xa4__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

10-2 10-1 106 107 108 q (1/Angstrom) I(q)
100 plotted points; both axes use logarithmic scales.

1xa4__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

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Rg(Guinier)27.12 Å
Rg (electron density)26.24 Å
Total Rg26.81 Å
Atom count6335
Residues768
Excluded volume113590 ų
Maximum q0.500 Å⁻¹
Assembly Model Structure unit Oligomeric description Status CRYSOL Actions
1 1 1xa4__assembly_1__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 (5)

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6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 6 domains

SCOP 2.08 (2 domains)

Domain ID domain_idd1xa4a_
Class classc — Alpha and beta proteins (a/b)
Fold Fold foldc.123 — CoA-transferase family III (CaiB/BaiF)
Superfamily Superfamily superfamilyc.123.1 — CoA-transferase family III (CaiB/BaiF)
Family Family familyc.123.1.1 — CoA-transferase family III (CaiB/BaiF)
Domain ID domain_idd1xa4b_
Class classc — Alpha and beta proteins (a/b)
Fold Fold foldc.123 — CoA-transferase family III (CaiB/BaiF)
Superfamily Superfamily superfamilyc.123.1 — CoA-transferase family III (CaiB/BaiF)
Family Family familyc.123.1.1 — CoA-transferase family III (CaiB/BaiF)

CATH v4.4 (4 domains)

Domain ID domain_id1xa4A01
Class class3 — Alpha Beta
Architecture architecture40 — 3-Layer(aba) Sandwich
Topology topology50 — Rossmann fold
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily10540 — Crotonobetainyl-coa:carnitine coa-transferase; domain 1
Domain ID domain_id1xa4A02
Class class3 — Alpha Beta
Architecture architecture30 — 2-Layer Sandwich
Topology topology1540 — formyl-coa transferase, domain 3
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily10 — formyl-coa transferase, domain 3
Domain ID domain_id1xa4B01
Class class3 — Alpha Beta
Architecture architecture40 — 3-Layer(aba) Sandwich
Topology topology50 — Rossmann fold
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily10540 — Crotonobetainyl-coa:carnitine coa-transferase; domain 1
Domain ID domain_id1xa4B02
Class class3 — Alpha Beta
Architecture architecture30 — 2-Layer Sandwich
Topology topology1540 — formyl-coa transferase, domain 3
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily10 — formyl-coa transferase, domain 3
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7. Citations (1)