2pyo

Drosophila nucleosome core

Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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

Histone H3

Drosophila melanogaster

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 8 DNA 2	DNA (147-MER) × 1 DNA (147-MER) × 1 Histone H4 × 2 （P84040） Histone H2A × 2 （P84051） Histone H2B × 2 （P02283） MANGANESE (II) ION × 14 CHLORIDE ION × 4 water × 10	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	H3_DROME
Isoform	—
PDB entities	3
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain A； PDBConstruct 1–135； UniProt 2–136 Author chain E； PDBConstruct 1–135； UniProt 2–136

Histone H4

Drosophila melanogaster

UniProt P84040

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 8 DNA 2	DNA (147-MER) × 1 DNA (147-MER) × 1 Histone H3 × 2 （P02299） Histone H2A × 2 （P84051） Histone H2B × 2 （P02283） MANGANESE (II) ION × 14 CHLORIDE ION × 4 water × 10	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	H4_DROME
Isoform	—
PDB entities	4
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain B； PDBConstruct 1–102； UniProt 2–103 Author chain F； PDBConstruct 1–102； UniProt 2–103

Histone H2A

Drosophila melanogaster

UniProt P84051

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 8 DNA 2	DNA (147-MER) × 1 DNA (147-MER) × 1 Histone H3 × 2 （P02299） Histone H4 × 2 （P84040） Histone H2B × 2 （P02283） MANGANESE (II) ION × 14 CHLORIDE ION × 4 water × 10	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	H2A_DROME
Isoform	—
PDB entities	5
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain C； PDBConstruct 1–120； UniProt 2–121 Author chain G； PDBConstruct 1–120； UniProt 2–121

Histone H2B

Drosophila melanogaster

UniProt P02283

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 8 DNA 2	DNA (147-MER) × 1 DNA (147-MER) × 1 Histone H3 × 2 （P02299） Histone H4 × 2 （P84040） Histone H2A × 2 （P84051） MANGANESE (II) ION × 14 CHLORIDE ION × 4 water × 10	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	H2B_DROME
Isoform	—
PDB entities	6
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain D； PDBConstruct 1–122； UniProt 2–123 Author chain H； PDBConstruct 1–122； UniProt 2–123

The page prioritizes protein identity, the current assembly, associated components, oligomeric state and cross-PDB links. Chain mapping and sequence ranges are retained as data evidence. Internal IDs, import timestamps and assembly operation expressions are maintenance fields and are not shown here.

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2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

Entry ID entry_id	2pyo
Deposition date deposition_date	2007-05-16
Structure title title	Drosophila nucleosome core
Keywords keywords	Nucleosome core, histone fold, Structural protein-DNA COMPLEX; Structural protein/DNA
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.

2pyo__assembly_1__model_1

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

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2pyo__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

100 plotted points; both axes use logarithmic scales.

2pyo__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

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

Rg（Guinier）	40.00 Å
Rg (electron density)	37.29 Å
Total Rg	38.01 Å
Atom count	12151
Residues	1067
Excluded volume	198120 Å³
Maximum q	0.500 Å⁻¹

Assembly	Model	Structure unit	Oligomeric description	Status	CRYSOL	Actions
1	1	`2pyo__assembly_1__model_1`	decameric （10）	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 (9)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Description description	DNA (147-MER)
Molecular weight formula_weight	45368.1 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	I
Atom count atom_count	12239

ATCAATATCCACCTGCAGATACTACCAAAAGTGTATTTGGAAACTGCTCCATCAAAAGGCATGTTCAGCTGGAATCCAGCTGAACATGCCTTTTGATGGAGCAGTTTCCAAATACACTTTTGGTAGTATCTGCAGGTGGATATTGAT

Source Source

Source organism organism	Homo sapiens
Common name common_name	human
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	9606
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 2 Entity 2 polymer

Description description	DNA (147-MER)
Molecular weight formula_weight	45359.0 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	J

ATCAATATCCACCTGCAGATACTACCAAAAGTGTATTTGGAAACTGCTCCATCAAAAGGCATGTTCAGCTGGATTCCAGCTGAACATGCCTTTTGATGGAGCAGTTTCCAAATACACTTTTGGTAGTATCTGCAGGTGGATATTGAT

Source Source

Source organism organism	Homo sapiens
Common name common_name	human
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	9606
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 3 Entity 3 polymer

Description description	Histone H3
Molecular weight formula_weight	15289.9 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	A,E

ARTKQTARKSTGGKAPRKQLATKAARKSAPATGGVKKPHRYRPGTVALREIRRYQKSTELLIRKLPFQRLVREIAQDFKTDLRFQSSAVMALQEASEAYLVGLFEDTNLCAIHAKRVTIMPKDIQLARRIRGERA

Source Source

Source organism organism	Drosophila melanogaster
Common name common_name	fruit fly
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	7227
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Description description	Histone H4
Molecular weight formula_weight	11277.3 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	B,F

TGRGKGGKGLGKGGAKRHRKVLRDNIQGITKPAIRRLARRGGVKRISGLIYEETRGVLKVFLENVIRDAVTYTEHAKRKTVTAMDVVYALKRQGRTLYGFGG

Source Source

Source organism organism	Drosophila melanogaster
Common name common_name	fruit fly
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	7227
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Description description	Histone H2A
Molecular weight formula_weight	12928.1 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	C,G

SGRGKGGKVKGKAKSRSNRAGLQFPVGRIHRLLRKGNYAERVGAGAPVYLAAVMEYLAAEVLELAGNAARDNKKTRIIPRHLQLAIRNDEELNKLLSGVTIAQGGVLPNIQAVLLPKKTE

Source Source

Source organism organism	Drosophila melanogaster
Common name common_name	fruit fly
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	7227
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 6 Entity 6 polymer

Description description	Histone H2B
Molecular weight formula_weight	13595.9 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	D,H

PPKTSGKAAKKAGKAQKNITKTDKKKKRKRKESYAIYIYKVLKQVHPDTGISSKAMSIMNSFVNDIFERIAAEASRLAHYNKRSTITSREIQTAVRLLLPGELAKHAVSEGTKAVTKYTSSK

Source Source

Source organism organism	Drosophila melanogaster
Common name common_name	fruit fly
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	7227
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 7 Entity 7 non-polymer

Description description	MANGANESE (II) ION
Molecular weight formula_weight	54.9 kDa
Source method src_method	syn
Copy count entity_count	14

Entity 8 Entity 8 non-polymer

Description description	CHLORIDE ION
Molecular weight formula_weight	35.5 kDa
Source method src_method	syn
Copy count entity_count	4

Entity 9 Entity 9 water

Description description	water
Molecular weight formula_weight	18.0 kDa
Source method src_method	nat
Copy count entity_count	88

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6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 16 domains

SCOP 2.08 (8 domains)

Domain ID domain_id	d2pyoa_
Class class	a — All alpha proteins
Fold Fold fold	a.22 — Histone-fold
Superfamily Superfamily superfamily	a.22.1 — Histone-fold
Family Family family	a.22.1.1 — Nucleosome core histones

Domain ID domain_id	d2pyob_
Class class	a — All alpha proteins
Fold Fold fold	a.22 — Histone-fold
Superfamily Superfamily superfamily	a.22.1 — Histone-fold
Family Family family	a.22.1.1 — Nucleosome core histones

Domain ID domain_id	d2pyoc_
Class class	a — All alpha proteins
Fold Fold fold	a.22 — Histone-fold
Superfamily Superfamily superfamily	a.22.1 — Histone-fold
Family Family family	a.22.1.1 — Nucleosome core histones

Domain ID domain_id	d2pyod_
Class class	a — All alpha proteins
Fold Fold fold	a.22 — Histone-fold
Superfamily Superfamily superfamily	a.22.1 — Histone-fold
Family Family family	a.22.1.1 — Nucleosome core histones

Domain ID domain_id	d2pyoe_
Class class	a — All alpha proteins
Fold Fold fold	a.22 — Histone-fold
Superfamily Superfamily superfamily	a.22.1 — Histone-fold
Family Family family	a.22.1.1 — Nucleosome core histones

Domain ID domain_id	d2pyof_
Class class	a — All alpha proteins
Fold Fold fold	a.22 — Histone-fold
Superfamily Superfamily superfamily	a.22.1 — Histone-fold
Family Family family	a.22.1.1 — Nucleosome core histones

Domain ID domain_id	d2pyog_
Class class	a — All alpha proteins
Fold Fold fold	a.22 — Histone-fold
Superfamily Superfamily superfamily	a.22.1 — Histone-fold
Family Family family	a.22.1.1 — Nucleosome core histones

Domain ID domain_id	d2pyoh_
Class class	a — All alpha proteins
Fold Fold fold	a.22 — Histone-fold
Superfamily Superfamily superfamily	a.22.1 — Histone-fold
Family Family family	a.22.1.1 — Nucleosome core histones

CATH v4.4 (8 domains)

Domain ID domain_id	2pyoA00
Class class	1 — Mainly Alpha
Architecture architecture	10 — Orthogonal Bundle
Topology topology	20 — Histone, subunit A
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily	10 — Histone, subunit A

Domain ID domain_id	2pyoB00
Class class	1 — Mainly Alpha
Architecture architecture	10 — Orthogonal Bundle
Topology topology	20 — Histone, subunit A
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily	10 — Histone, subunit A

Domain ID domain_id	2pyoC00
Class class	1 — Mainly Alpha
Architecture architecture	10 — Orthogonal Bundle
Topology topology	20 — Histone, subunit A
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily	10 — Histone, subunit A

Domain ID domain_id	2pyoD00
Class class	1 — Mainly Alpha
Architecture architecture	10 — Orthogonal Bundle
Topology topology	20 — Histone, subunit A
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily	10 — Histone, subunit A

Domain ID domain_id	2pyoE00
Class class	1 — Mainly Alpha
Architecture architecture	10 — Orthogonal Bundle
Topology topology	20 — Histone, subunit A
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily	10 — Histone, subunit A

Domain ID domain_id	2pyoF00
Class class	1 — Mainly Alpha
Architecture architecture	10 — Orthogonal Bundle
Topology topology	20 — Histone, subunit A
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily	10 — Histone, subunit A

Domain ID domain_id	2pyoG00
Class class	1 — Mainly Alpha
Architecture architecture	10 — Orthogonal Bundle
Topology topology	20 — Histone, subunit A
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily	10 — Histone, subunit A

Domain ID domain_id	2pyoH00
Class class	1 — Mainly Alpha
Architecture architecture	10 — Orthogonal Bundle
Topology topology	20 — Histone, subunit A
Homologous superfamily homologous superfamily	10 — Histone, subunit A

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Unit-cell length a length_a	106.030 Å
Unit-cell length b length_b	182.040 Å
Unit-cell length c length_c	109.420 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	P 21 21 21
Space-group number int_tables_number	19
Crystal system crystal_system	—

Resolution resolution	2.430 Å
Low-resolution limit resolution_low	500.000 Å
R factor r_factor	—
R_work r_work	0.2290
R_free r_free	0.2620

Drosophila nucleosome core

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

Histone H3

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

Histone H4

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

Histone H2A

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

Histone H2B

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

2pyo__assembly_1__model_1

2pyo__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

2pyo__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 (9)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 2 Entity 2 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 3 Entity 3 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 6 Entity 6 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 7 Entity 7 non-polymer

Entity 8 Entity 8 non-polymer

Entity 9 Entity 9 water

6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 16 domains

SCOP 2.08 (8 domains)

CATH v4.4 (8 domains)

7. Citations (1)