5onw

X-Ray crystal structure of a nucleosome core particle with its DNA site-specifically crosslinked to the histone octamer and the two H2A/H2B dimers crosslinked via H2A N38C

Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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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	DNA (147-MER) × 1 DNA (147-MER) × 1 Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2A × 2 （Q6AZJ8） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） MANGANESE (II) ION × 20 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	H32_XENLA
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

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	DNA (147-MER) × 1 DNA (147-MER) × 1 Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H2A × 2 （Q6AZJ8） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） MANGANESE (II) ION × 20 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_XENLA
Isoform	—
PDB entities	4
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain B； PDBConstruct 1–103； UniProt 1–103 Author chain F； PDBConstruct 1–103； UniProt 1–103

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	DNA (147-MER) × 1 DNA (147-MER) × 1 Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） MANGANESE (II) ION × 20 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	Q6AZJ8_XENLA
Isoform	—
PDB entities	5
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	DNA (147-MER) × 1 DNA (147-MER) × 1 Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2A × 2 （Q6AZJ8） MANGANESE (II) ION × 20 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	H2B11_XENLA
Isoform	—
PDB entities	6
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	5onw
Deposition date deposition_date	2017-08-04
Structure title title	X-Ray crystal structure of a nucleosome core particle with its DNA site-specifically crosslinked to the histone octamer and the two H2A/H2B dimers crosslinked via H2A N38C
Keywords keywords	Nucleosome Core Particle, Histones, Disulfide, Convertible Nucleotide, DNA, 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.

5onw__assembly_1__model_1

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

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5onw__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

100 plotted points; both axes use logarithmic scales.

5onw__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

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

Rg（Guinier）	39.99 Å
Rg (electron density)	37.30 Å
Total Rg	38.06 Å
Atom count	12007
Residues	1043
Excluded volume	195740 Å³
Maximum q	0.500 Å⁻¹

Assembly	Model	Structure unit	Oligomeric description	Status	CRYSOL	Actions
1	1	`5onw__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	45430.1 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	12069

ATCCATATCCACCTGGTCCTACTACCAAAAGTGTATTTGGAAACTGCTCCATCAAAAGGCATGTTCAGCTGGAATCCAGCTGAACATGCCTTTTGATGGAGCAGTTTCCAAATACACTTTTGGTAGTAGGACCAGGTGGATATGGAT

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	45421.1 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	J

ATCCATATCCACCTGGTCCTACTACCAAAAGTGTATTTGGAAACTGCTCCATCAAAAGGCATGTTCAGCTGGATTCCAGCTGAACATGCCTTTTGATGGAGCAGTTTCCAAATACACTTTTGGTAGTAGGACCAGGTGGATATGGAT

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 H3.2
Molecular weight formula_weight	15217.8 kDa
Mutation mutation	C110A, R40C
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

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

ARTKQTARKSTGGKAPRKQLATKAARKSAPATGGVKKPHCYRPGTVALREIRRYQKSTELLIRKLPFQRLVREIAQDFKTDLRFQSSAVMALQEASEAYLVALFEDTNLAAIHAKRVTIMPKDIQLARRIRGERA

Source Source

Source organism organism	Xenopus laevis
Common name common_name	African clawed frog
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	8355
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Description description	Histone H4
Molecular weight formula_weight	11394.4 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

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

MSGRGKGGKGLGKGGAKRHRKVLRDNIQGITKPAIRRLARRGGVKRISGLIYEETRGVLKVFLENVIRDAVTYTEHAKRKTVTAMDVVYALKRQGRTLYGFGG

Source Source

Source organism organism	Xenopus laevis
Common name common_name	African clawed frog
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	8355
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Description description	Histone H2A
Molecular weight formula_weight	13967.3 kDa
Mutation mutation	N38C
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

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

SGRGKQGGKTRAKAKTRSSRAGLQFPVGRVHRLLRKGCYAERVGAGAPVYLAAVLEYLTAEILELAGNAARDNKKTRIIPRHLQLAVRNDEELNKLLGRVTIAQGGVLPNIQSVLLPKKTESSKSAKSK

Source Source

Source organism organism	Xenopus laevis
Common name common_name	African clawed frog
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	8355
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Entity 6 Entity 6 polymer

Description description	Histone H2B 1.1
Molecular weight formula_weight	13524.8 kDa
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	African clawed frog
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	8355
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

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	20

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	62

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6. Fold Classification (SCOP + CATH) 14 domains

SCOP 2.08 (6 domains)

Domain ID domain_id	d5onwb_
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	d5onwc_
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	d5onwd_
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	d5onwf_
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	d5onwg_
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	d5onwh_
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	5onwA00
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	5onwB00
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	5onwC00
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	5onwD00
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	5onwE00
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	5onwF00
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	5onwG00
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	5onwH00
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	106.560 Å
Unit-cell length b length_b	183.830 Å
Unit-cell length c length_c	109.490 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	2.800 Å
Low-resolution limit resolution_low	29.505 Å
R factor r_factor	0.2100
R_work r_work	0.2076
R_free r_free	0.2544

X-Ray crystal structure of a nucleosome core particle with its DNA site-specifically crosslinked to the histone octamer and the two H2A/H2B dimers crosslinked via H2A N38C

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

5onw__assembly_1__model_1

5onw__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

5onw__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) 14 domains

SCOP 2.08 (6 domains)

CATH v4.4 (8 domains)

7. Citations (1)