10BL | pdb_000010bl

Crystal Structure of serine/threonine-protein kinase (AEK1) from Trypanosoma cruzi in complex ADP

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb10BL/pdb

• Classification: TRANSFERASE
• Organism(s): Trypanosoma cruzi
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): Yes 


• Deposited: 2026-01-09 Released: 2026-01-21 
• Deposition Author(s): Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID)
• Funding Organization(s): National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID), National Institutes of Health/Office of the Director

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.60 Å
• R-Value Free: 
  0.265 (Depositor), 0.261 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work: 
  0.215 (Depositor), 0.216 (DCC) 
• R-Value Observed: 
  0.217 (Depositor) 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

Crystal Structure of serine/threonine-protein kinase (AEK1) from Trypanosoma cruzi in complex ADP

Liu, L., Lovell, S., Battaile, K.P.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 2-mer - A2 

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

Biological Assembly Evidence: gel filtration

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 84.68 kDa 
• Atom Count: 5,409 
• Modeled Residue Count: 664 
• Deposited Residue Count: 722 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Putative rac serine-threonine kinase	A, B	361	Trypanosoma cruzi	Mutation(s): 3  Gene Names: C3747_45g89
UniProt
Find proteins for Q4E2L0 (Trypanosoma cruzi (strain CL Brener)) Explore Q4E2L0  Go to UniProtKB:  Q4E2L0

Small Molecules

Ligands 3 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
ADP (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	E [auth A], H [auth B]	ADENOSINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE C10 H15 N5 O10 P2 XTWYTFMLZFPYCI-KQYNXXCUSA-N
MLI	F [auth A]	MALONATE ION C3 H2 O4 OFOBLEOULBTSOW-UHFFFAOYSA-L
CL	C [auth A], D [auth A], G [auth B]	CHLORIDE ION Cl VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Modified Residues  1 Unique
ID	Chains	Type	Formula	2D Diagram	Parent
SEP	A, B	L-PEPTIDE LINKING	C3 H8 N O6 P		SER

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.60 Å
• R-Value Free:  0.265 (Depositor), 0.261 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work:  0.215 (Depositor), 0.216 (DCC) 
• R-Value Observed: 0.217 (Depositor) 

Diffraction Data: https://doi.org/10.18430/M310BL

Space Group: P 3₁ 2 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 86.173	α = 90
b = 86.173	β = 90
c = 192.761	γ = 120

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PHENIX	refinement
Aimless	data scaling
XDS	data reduction
PHASER	phasing
PDB_EXTRACT	data extraction

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-01-21 
Deposition Author(s): Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID)

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)	United States	75N93022C00036
National Institutes of Health/Office of the Director	United States	S10OD030394

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-01-21
  Type: Initial release