SAXSdb — 3kxb

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

Histone H3.2

Xenopus laevis

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	Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2A × 2 （Q6AZJ8） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） PALINDROMIC 146 BP DNA REPEAT 8/9 FROM HUMAN X-CHROMOSOME ALPHA SATELLITE DNA × 2 water × 10	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	H32_XENLA
Isoform	—
PDB entities	1
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain A； PDBConstruct 1–135； UniProt 2–136 Author chain E； PDBConstruct 1–135； UniProt 2–136

Histone H4

Xenopus laevis

UniProt P62799

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	Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H2A × 2 （Q6AZJ8） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） PALINDROMIC 146 BP DNA REPEAT 8/9 FROM HUMAN X-CHROMOSOME ALPHA SATELLITE DNA × 2 water × 10	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	H4_XENLA
Isoform	—
PDB entities	2
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain B； PDBConstruct 1–102； UniProt 2–103 Author chain F； PDBConstruct 1–102； UniProt 2–103

Histone H2A

Xenopus laevis

UniProt Q6AZJ8

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	Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） PALINDROMIC 146 BP DNA REPEAT 8/9 FROM HUMAN X-CHROMOSOME ALPHA SATELLITE DNA × 2 water × 10	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	Q6AZJ8_XENLA
Isoform	—
PDB entities	3
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain C； PDBConstruct 1–129； UniProt 2–130 Author chain G； PDBConstruct 1–129； UniProt 2–130

Histone H2B 1.1

Xenopus laevis

UniProt P02281

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	Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2A × 2 （Q6AZJ8） PALINDROMIC 146 BP DNA REPEAT 8/9 FROM HUMAN X-CHROMOSOME ALPHA SATELLITE DNA × 2 water × 10	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	H2B11_XENLA
Isoform	—
PDB entities	4
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain D； PDBConstruct 1–122； UniProt 5–126 Author chain H； PDBConstruct 1–122； UniProt 5–126

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	3kxb
Deposition date deposition_date	2009-12-02
Structure title title	Structural characterization of H3K56Q nucleosomes and nucleosomal arrays
Keywords keywords	Nucleosome, Transcription, Transcription-DNA complex; Transcription/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.

3kxb__assembly_1__model_1

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

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3kxb__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

100 plotted points; both axes use logarithmic scales.

3kxb__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

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

Rg（Guinier）	39.95 Å
Rg (electron density)	37.17 Å
Total Rg	37.89 Å
Atom count	11753
Residues	1020
Excluded volume	191050 Å³
Maximum q	0.500 Å⁻¹

Assembly	Model	Structure unit	Oligomeric description	Status	CRYSOL	Actions
1	1	`3kxb__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 (6)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Description description	Histone H3.2
Molecular weight formula_weight	15303.9 kDa
Mutation mutation	K57E, G103A
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	A,E
Atom count atom_count	11868

ARTKQTARKSTGGKAPRKQLATKAARKSAPATGGVKKPHRYRPGTVALREIRRYQESTELLIRKLPFQRLVREIAQDFKTDLRFQSSAVMALQEASEAYLVALFEDTNLCAIHAKRVTIMPKDIQLARRIRGERA

Source Source

Source organism organism	Xenopus laevis
Common name common_name	clawed frog,common platanna,platanna
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	8355
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 2 Entity 2 polymer

Description description	Histone H4
Molecular weight formula_weight	11263.2 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

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

SGRGKGGKGLGKGGAKRHRKVLRDNIQGITKPAIRRLARRGGVKRISGLIYEETRGVLKVFLENVIRDAVTYTEHAKRKTVTAMDVVYALKRQGRTLYGFGG

Source Source

Source organism organism	Xenopus laevis
Common name common_name	clawed frog,common platanna,platanna
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	8355
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 3 Entity 3 polymer

Description description	Histone H2A
Molecular weight formula_weight	13978.2 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

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

SGRGKQGGKTRAKAKTRSSRAGLQFPVGRVHRLLRKGNYAERVGAGAPVYLAAVLEYLTAEILELAGNAARDNKKTRIIPRHLQLAVRNDEELNKLLGRVTIAQGGVLPNIQSVLLPKKTESSKSAKSK

Source Source

Source organism organism	Xenopus laevis
Common name common_name	clawed frog,common platanna,platanna
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	8355
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Description description	Histone H2B 1.1
Molecular weight formula_weight	13524.8 kDa
Mutation mutation	S33T
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

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

AKSAPAPKKGSKKAVTKTQKKDGKKRRKTRKESYAIYVYKVLKQVHPDTGISSKAMSIMNSFVNDVFERIAGEASRLAHYNKRSTITSREIQTAVRLLLPGELAKHAVSEGTKAVTKYTSAK

Source Source

Source organism organism	Xenopus laevis
Common name common_name	clawed frog,common platanna,platanna
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	8355
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Description description	PALINDROMIC 146 BP DNA REPEAT 8/9 FROM HUMAN X-CHROMOSOME ALPHA SATELLITE DNA
Molecular weight formula_weight	45054.8 kDa
Source method src_method	syn
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	I,J

ATCAATATCCACCTGCAGATTCTACCAAAAGTGTATTTGGAAACTGCTCCATCAAAAGGCATGTTCAGCGGAATTCCGCTGAACATGCCTTTTGATGGAGCAGTTTCCAAATACACTTTTGGTAGAATCTGCAGGTGGATATTGAT

Entity 6 Entity 6 water

Description description	water
Molecular weight formula_weight	18.0 kDa
Source method src_method	nat
Copy count entity_count	115

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6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 8 domains

CATH v4.4 (8 domains)

Domain ID domain_id	3kxbA00
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	3kxbB00
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	3kxbC00
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	3kxbD00
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	3kxbE00
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	3kxbF00
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	3kxbG00
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	3kxbH00
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	109.517 Å
Unit-cell length b length_b	105.670 Å
Unit-cell length c length_c	181.330 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	3.200 Å
Low-resolution limit resolution_low	20.000 Å
R factor r_factor	0.3780
R_work r_work	0.2835
R_free r_free	0.2925

Structural characterization of H3K56Q nucleosomes and nucleosomal arrays

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

Histone H3.2

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 1.1

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

3kxb__assembly_1__model_1

3kxb__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

3kxb__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 (6)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Polymer Polymer

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Entity 2 Entity 2 polymer

Polymer Polymer

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Entity 3 Entity 3 polymer

Polymer Polymer

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Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Polymer Polymer

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Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Entity 6 Entity 6 water

6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 8 domains

CATH v4.4 (8 domains)

7. Citations (1)