38LB | pdb_000038lb

Cryo EM structure of a formate acetyltransferase (PFL) from Fannyhessea vaginae

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb38LB/pdb
• EM Map EMD-78900: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: LYASE
• Organism(s): Fannyhessea vaginae DSM 15829
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2026-09-01 Released: 2026-09-09 
• Deposition Author(s): Liu, L., Lovell, S., Hammons, A.M., 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: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.18 Å
• Aggregation State: 2D ARRAY 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Starting Model: in silico

Literature

Cryo EM structure of a formate acetyltransferase (PFL) from Fannyhessea vaginae

Liu, L., Lovell, S., Hammons, A.M.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Dihedral - D2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 4-mer - A4 

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

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 333.89 kDa 
• Atom Count: 19,268 
• Modeled Residue Count: 2,396 
• Deposited Residue Count: 2,956 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Formate acetyltransferase	A, B, C, D	739	Fannyhessea vaginae DSM 15829	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: pflB, HMPREF0091_10019 EC: 2.3.1.54
UniProt
Find proteins for F1T4Y4 (Fannyhessea vaginae DSM 15829) Explore F1T4Y4  Go to UniProtKB:  F1T4Y4

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.18 Å
• Aggregation State: 2D ARRAY 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX	2.0_5936
RECONSTRUCTION	cryoSPARC	5.0

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-09-09 
Deposition Author(s): Liu, L., Lovell, S., Hammons, A.M., 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	S10OD036339

Revision History  

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