4LE8

Structure of the Als3 adhesin from Candida albicans, residues 1-299 (mature sequence)

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb4LE8/pdb

• Classification: CELL ADHESION
• Organism(s): Candida albicans
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2013-06-25 Released: 2014-09-24 
• Deposition Author(s): Lin, J., Garnett, J.A., Cota, E.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.75 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.291 
• R-Value Work: 0.257 
• R-Value Observed: 0.258 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

The peptide binding mechanism of Als3 mediates early attachment of Candida albicans to host cells

Lin, J., Garnett, J.A., Cota, E.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Biological Assembly 2  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 2 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 64.79 kDa 
• Atom Count: 5,076 
• Modelled Residue Count: 600 
• Deposited Residue Count: 600 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Agglutinin-like protein 3	A, B	300	Candida albicans	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: ALD8, ALS3
UniProt
Find proteins for Q59L12 (Candida albicans (strain SC5314 / ATCC MYA-2876)) Explore Q59L12  Go to UniProtKB:  Q59L12

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.75 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.291 
• R-Value Work: 0.257 
• R-Value Observed: 0.258 
• Space Group: C 1 2 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 140.63	α = 90
b = 30.89	β = 91.86
c = 143.19	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
MOLREP	phasing
REFMAC	refinement
XDS	data reduction
SC	data scaling

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2014-09-24 
Deposition Author(s): Lin, J., Garnett, J.A., Cota, E.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2014-09-24
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2023-09-20
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description
• Version 1.2: 2024-10-30
  Changes: Structure summary