1NCG

STRUCTURAL BASIS OF CELL-CELL ADHESION BY CADHERINS

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb1NCG/pdb

• Classification: CELL ADHESION PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Mus musculus
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 1995-03-23 Released: 1995-07-10 
• Deposition Author(s): Shapiro, L., Fannon, A.M., Kwong, P.D., Thompson, A., Lehmann, M.S., Grubel, G., Legrand, J.-F., Als-Nielsen, J., Colman, D.R., Hendrickson, W.A.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.10 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.201 
• R-Value Work: 0.217 
• R-Value Observed: 0.217 

Literature

Structural basis of cell-cell adhesion by cadherins.

Shapiro, L., Fannon, A.M., Kwong, P.D., Thompson, A., Lehmann, M.S., Grubel, G., Legrand, J.F., Als-Nielsen, J., Colman, D.R., Hendrickson, W.A.

(1995) Nature 374: 327-337

• PubMed: 7885471 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/374327a0
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  1NCG, 1NCH, 1NCI


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  Crystal structures of the amino-terminal domain of N-cadherin provide a picture at the atomic level of a specific adhesive contact between cells. A repeated set of dimer interfaces is common to the structure in three lattices. These interactions combine to form a linear zipper of molecules that mirrors the linear structure of the intracellular filaments with which cadherins associate. This cell-adhesion zipper may provide a mechanism to marshal individual molecular adhesive interactions into strong bonds between cells.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.

Biological Assembly 1  

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

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 12.42 kDa 
• Atom Count: 969 
• Modelled Residue Count: 99 
• Deposited Residue Count: 110 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
N-CADHERIN	A	110	Mus musculus	Mutation(s): 0
UniProt
Find proteins for P15116 (Mus musculus) Explore P15116  Go to UniProtKB:  P15116

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
YB	B [auth A]	YTTERBIUM (III) ION Yb AWSFICBXMUKWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.10 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.201 
• R-Value Work: 0.217 
• R-Value Observed: 0.217 
• Space Group: P 6₃ 2 2

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 77.6	α = 90
b = 77.6	β = 90
c = 74.9	γ = 120

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
X-PLOR	model building
X-PLOR	refinement
DENZO	data reduction
X-PLOR	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 1995-07-10 
Deposition Author(s): Shapiro, L., Fannon, A.M., Kwong, P.D., Thompson, A., Lehmann, M.S., Grubel, G., Legrand, J.-F., Als-Nielsen, J., Colman, D.R., Hendrickson, W.A.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 1995-07-10
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2008-03-03
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• Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
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• Version 1.3: 2019-11-20
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• Version 1.4: 2024-02-14
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