9ny4

USP21 bound to H2AK119ub nucleosome

Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

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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 10 DNA 2	Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2A type 1 × 2 （P06897） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21 × 1 （Q9UK80） Ubiquitin × 1 （J3QS39）	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 1–136； UniProt 1–136 Author chain E； PDBConstruct 1–136； UniProt 1–136

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 10 DNA 2	Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H2A type 1 × 2 （P06897） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21 × 1 （Q9UK80） Ubiquitin × 1 （J3QS39）	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 1–103； UniProt 1–103 Author chain F； PDBConstruct 1–103； UniProt 1–103

Histone H2A type 1

Xenopus laevis

UniProt P06897

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 10 DNA 2	Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21 × 1 （Q9UK80） Ubiquitin × 1 （J3QS39）	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	H2A1_XENLA
Isoform	—
PDB entities	3
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain C； PDBConstruct 1–130； UniProt 1–130 Author chain G； PDBConstruct 1–130； UniProt 1–130

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 10 DNA 2	Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2A type 1 × 2 （P06897） 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21 × 1 （Q9UK80） Ubiquitin × 1 （J3QS39）	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 2–123； UniProt 5–126 Author chain H； PDBConstruct 2–123； UniProt 5–126

Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21

Homo sapiens

UniProt Q9UK80

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 10 DNA 2	Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2A type 1 × 2 （P06897） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 Ubiquitin × 1 （J3QS39）	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	UBP21_HUMAN
Isoform	—
PDB entities	7
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain K； PDBConstruct 1–370； UniProt 196–565

Ubiquitin

Homo sapiens

UniProt J3QS39

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Protein–DNA	Heteromer	Protein 10 DNA 2	Histone H3.2 × 2 （P84233） Histone H4 × 2 （P62799） Histone H2A type 1 × 2 （P06897） Histone H2B 1.1 × 2 （P02281） 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 601 DNA (145-MER) × 1 Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21 × 1 （Q9UK80）	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	J3QS39_HUMAN
Isoform	—
PDB entities	8
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain U； PDBConstruct 5–80； UniProt 1–76

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	9ny4
Deposition date deposition_date	2025-03-26
Structure title title	USP21 bound to H2AK119ub nucleosome
Keywords keywords	Deubiquitinase, DNA-binding protein, DNA, NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN
Experimental Method method	ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

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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.

9ny4__assembly_1__model_1

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

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9ny4__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

100 plotted points; both axes use logarithmic scales.

9ny4__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

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

Rg（Guinier）	43.91 Å
Rg (electron density)	41.86 Å
Total Rg	42.43 Å
Atom count	14936
Residues	1414
Excluded volume	247340 Å³
Maximum q	0.500 Å⁻¹

Assembly	Model	Structure unit	Oligomeric description	Status	CRYSOL	Actions
1	1	`9ny4__assembly_1__model_1`	12-meric （12）	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 (8)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Description description	Histone H3.2
Molecular weight formula_weight	15435.1 kDa
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	14936

MARTKQTARKSTGGKAPRKQLATKAARKSAPATGGVKKPHRYRPGTVALREIRRYQKSTELLIRKLPFQRLVREIAQDFKTDLRFQSSAVMALQEASEAYLVALFEDTNLCAIHAKRVTIMPKDIQLARRIRGERA

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

Entity 2 Entity 2 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

Entity 3 Entity 3 polymer

Description description	Histone H2A type 1
Molecular weight formula_weight	14083.4 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

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

MSGRGKQGGKTRAKAKTRSSRAGLQFPVGRVHRLLRKGNYAERVGAGAPVYLAAVLEYLTAEILELAGNAARDNKKTRIIPRHLQLAVRNDEELNKLLGRVTIAQGGVLPNIQSVLLPKCTESSKSAKSK

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

Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Description description	Histone H2B 1.1
Molecular weight formula_weight	13629.9 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

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

MAKSAPAPKKGSKKAVTKTQKKDGKKRRKTRKESYAIYVYKVLKQVHPDTGISSKAMSIMNSFVNDVFERIAGEASRLAHYNKRSTITSREIQTAVRLLLPGELAKHAVSEGTKAVTCYTSAK

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

Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Description description	601 DNA (145-MER)
Molecular weight formula_weight	44520.4 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	I

ATCAGAATCCCGGTGCCGAGGCCGCTCAATTGGTCGTAGACAGCTCTAGCACCGCTTAAACGCACGTACGCGCTGTCCCCCGCGTTTTAACCGCCAAGGGGATTACTCCCTAGTCTCCAGGCACGTGTCAGATATATACATCGAT

Source Source

Source organism organism	synthetic construct
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	32630
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 6 Entity 6 polymer

Description description	601 DNA (145-MER)
Molecular weight formula_weight	44991.7 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	J

ATCGATGTATATATCTGACACGTGCCTGGAGACTAGGGAGTAATCCCCTTGGCGGTTAAAACGCGGGGGACAGCGCGTACGTGCGTTTAAGCGGTGCTAGAGCTGTCTACGACCAATTGAGCGGCCTCGGCACCGGGATTCTGAT

Source Source

Source organism organism	synthetic construct
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	32630
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 7 Entity 7 polymer

Description description	Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21
Molecular weight formula_weight	41744.6 kDa
EC 编号 ec_number	3.4.19.12
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	K

SDDKMAHHTLLLGSGHVGLRNLGNTCFLNAVLQCLSSTRPLRDFCLRRDFRQEVPGGGRAQELTEAFADVIGALWHPDSCEAVNPTRFRAVFQKYVPSFSGYSQQDAQEFLKLLMERLHLEINRRGRRAPPILANGPVPSPPRRGGALLEEPELSDDDRANLMWKRYLEREDSKIVDLFVGQLKSCLKCQACGYRSTTFEVFCDLSLPIPKKGFAGGKVSLRDCFNLFTKEEELESENAPVCDRCRQKTRSTKKLTVQRFPRILVLHLNRFSASRGSIKKSSVGVDFPLQRLSLGDFASDKAGSPVYQLYALCNHSGSVHYGHYTALCRCQTGWHVYNDSRVSPVSENQVASSEGYVLFYQLMQEPPRCL

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 8 Entity 8 polymer

Description description	Ubiquitin
Molecular weight formula_weight	9036.4 kDa
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	U

GSHMMQIFVKTLTGKTITLEVEPSDTIENVKAKIQDKEGIPPDQQRLIFAGKQLEDGRTLSDYNIQKESTLHLVLRLRGC

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

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Resolution resolution	2.98 Å
Resolution测定Method resolution_method	—
颗粒数 num_particles	83810

USP21 bound to H2AK119ub nucleosome

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 type 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

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

Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

Ubiquitin

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

9ny4__assembly_1__model_1

9ny4__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

9ny4__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

4. Crystallography and Experiment 4. Crystallography & Experiment

冷冻电镜 EM 3D

5. Entities and Polymers Entities & Polymers (8)

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

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Entity 6 Entity 6 polymer

Polymer Polymer

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Entity 7 Entity 7 polymer

Polymer Polymer

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Entity 8 Entity 8 polymer