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 37LV | pdb_000037lv

NPC1 expressed from Sf9 and purified at pH 5.5

  • Classification: MEMBRANE PROTEIN
  • Organism(s): Homo sapiens
  • Expression System: Homo sapiens
  • Mutation(s): No 

  • Deposited: 2026-07-25 Released: 2026-09-30 
  • Deposition Author(s): Wu, X., Yan, N.
  • Funding Organization(s): Other private, National Science Foundation (NSF, United States)

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.10 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

wwPDB Validation 3D Report Full Report

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Literature

Conformation switch of NPC1 epitomizes a lumen-to-membrane alternating access for nonpolar substrates

Wu, X., Dehghani-Ghahnaviyeh, S., Rasouli, A., Malona, J.A., Antalek, M., Jones, L.H., Fan, X., Peng, A., Tajkhorshid, E., Qian, H., Yan, N.

To be published.

Macromolecule Content 

  • Total Structure Weight: 147.73 kDa 
  • Atom Count: 9,722 
  • Modeled Residue Count: 1,193 
  • Deposited Residue Count: 1,278 
  • Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains  Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 11,278Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: NPC1
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for O15118 (Homo sapiens)
Explore O15118 
Go to UniProtKB:  O15118
PHAROS:  O15118
GTEx:  ENSG00000141458 
Entity Groups
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupO15118
Glycosylation
Glycosylation Sites: 13Go to GlyGen: O15118-1
Sequence Annotations
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Reference Sequence

Oligosaccharides

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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Length2D Diagram GlycosylationD Interactions
alpha-D-mannopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoseB [auth C]3N-Glycosylation
Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains Length2D Diagram GlycosylationD Interactions
2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranoseC [auth E],
D [auth F],
E [auth G],
F [auth H],
G [auth I]
2N-Glycosylation

Small Molecules

Ligands 2 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
POV

Query on POV



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Q [auth A](2S)-3-(hexadecanoyloxy)-2-[(9Z)-octadec-9-enoyloxy]propyl 2-(trimethylammonio)ethyl phosphate
C42 H82 N O8 P
WTJKGGKOPKCXLL-PFDVCBLKSA-N
NAG

Query on NAG



Download:Ideal Coordinates CCD File
H [auth A]
I [auth A]
J [auth A]
K [auth A]
L [auth A]
H [auth A],
I [auth A],
J [auth A],
K [auth A],
L [auth A],
M [auth A],
N [auth A],
O [auth A],
P [auth A]
2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose
C8 H15 N O6
OVRNDRQMDRJTHS-FMDGEEDCSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.10 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
EM Software:
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
RECONSTRUCTIONRELION3.0
MODEL REFINEMENTPHENIX1.20.1

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

  • Released Date: 2026-09-30 
  • Deposition Author(s): Wu, X., Yan, N.

Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
Other privateUnited States--
National Science Foundation (NSF, United States)United StatesDMR-2011750

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2026-09-30
    Type: Initial release