7FAP

Structure of VAR2CSA-CSA 3D7

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb7FAP/pdb
• EM Map EMD-31504: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: CELL ADHESION
• Organism(s): Plasmodium falciparum 3D7
• Expression System: Spodoptera frugiperda
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2021-07-07 Released: 2022-05-04 
• Deposition Author(s): Wang, L., Wang, Z.
• Funding Organization(s): Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST, China)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.40 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Literature

The molecular mechanism of cytoadherence to placental or tumor cells through VAR2CSA from Plasmodium falciparum.

Wang, W., Wang, Z., Yang, X., Gao, Y., Zhang, X., Cao, L., Dai, A., Sun, J., Sun, L., Jiang, L., Chen, Z., Wang, L.

(2021) Cell Discov 7: 94-94

• PubMed: 34663782 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41421-021-00324-8
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  7FAP, 7FAS

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Organizational Affiliation: 

The Center for Microbes, Development and Health, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 308.96 kDa 
• Atom Count: 10,445 
• Modelled Residue Count: 1,236 
• Deposited Residue Count: 2,630 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Erythrocyte membrane protein 1, PfEMP1	A	2,630	Plasmodium falciparum 3D7	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: PF3D7_1200600
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8I639 (Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7)) Explore Q8I639  Go to UniProtKB:  Q8I639

Oligosaccharides

Help

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Length	2D Diagram	Glycosylation	3D Interactions
2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-O-sulfo-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-3)-beta-D-glucopyranuronic acid-(1-3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-O-sulfo-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-4)-beta-D-glucopyranuronic acid-(1-3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-O-sulfo-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-4)-beta-D-glucopyranuronic acid-(1-3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-O-sulfo-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-4)-beta-D-glucopyranuronic acid-(1-3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-O-sulfo-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-4)-beta-D-glucopyranuronic acid-(1-3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4-O-sulfo-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-4)-beta-D-glucopyranuronic acid	B	12		N/A

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.40 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2022-05-04 
Deposition Author(s): Wang, L., Wang, Z.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST, China)	China	--

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2022-05-04
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2024-10-09
  Changes: Data collection, Structure summary