4E17

Alpha-E-catenin is an autoinhibited molecule that co-activates vinculin

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb4E17/pdb

• Classification: CELL ADHESION
• Organism(s): Gallus gallus, Mus musculus
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2012-03-05 Released: 2012-05-16 
• Deposition Author(s): Choi, H.-J., Pokutta, S., Cadwell, G.W., Bankston, L.A., Liddington, R.C., Weis, W.I.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.30 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.240 
• R-Value Work: 0.216 
• R-Value Observed: 0.218 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

Conformational plasticity of alpha-catenin revealed by binding interactions with vinculin

Choi, H.-J., Pokutta, S., Bankston, L., Liddington, R., Weis, W.I.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 2-mer - A1B1 

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

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 33.78 kDa 
• Atom Count: 2,223 
• Modelled Residue Count: 274 
• Deposited Residue Count: 303 
• Unique protein chains: 2

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Vinculin	A	263	Gallus gallus	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: VCL, VINC1
UniProt
Find proteins for P12003 (Gallus gallus) Explore P12003  Go to UniProtKB:  P12003

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Catenin alpha-1	B	40	Mus musculus	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: Ctnna1, Catna1
UniProt
Find proteins for P26231 (Mus musculus) Explore P26231  Go to UniProtKB:  P26231

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.30 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.240 
• R-Value Work: 0.216 
• R-Value Observed: 0.218 
• Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 50.747	α = 90
b = 55.969	β = 90
c = 128.015	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
SCALEPACK	data scaling
PHENIX	refinement
PDB_EXTRACT	data extraction
HKL-2000	data collection
HKL-2000	data reduction
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2012-05-16 
Deposition Author(s): Choi, H.-J., Pokutta, S., Cadwell, G.W., Bankston, L.A., Liddington, R.C., Weis, W.I.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2012-05-16
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2023-09-13
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description