8RTG | pdb_00008rtg

Nitratidesulfovibrio vulgaris [FeFe]-hydrogenase [FeFe]-hydrogenase in apo form

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8RTG/pdb

• Classification: OXIDOREDUCTASE
• Organism(s): Nitratidesulfovibrio vulgaris
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2024-01-26 Released: 2025-02-12 
• Deposition Author(s): Bikbaev, K., Span, I.
• Funding Organization(s): German Research Foundation (DFG)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.46 Å
• R-Value Free: 
  0.189 (Depositor), 0.183 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work: 
  0.165 (Depositor), 0.158 (DCC) 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

Subunit fusion unlocks rapid in vitro maturation for slowly activating heterodimeric [FeFe]-hydrogenases

Winkler, M.H., Jaenecke, J., Bikbaev, K., Bronold, J., Yadav, S., Apfel, U.P., Birrell, J.A., Span, I., Plumere, N., Leger, C., Malagnini, M.

(2026) Chem Sci 

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC07299A

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 2-mer - A1B1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 55.59 kDa 
• Atom Count: 4,151 
• Modeled Residue Count: 488 
• Deposited Residue Count: 493 
• Unique protein chains: 2

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Periplasmic [Fe] hydrogenase large subunit	A	405	Nitratidesulfovibrio vulgaris	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: hydA, DVU_1769 EC: 1.12.7.2
UniProt
Find proteins for P07598 (Nitratidesulfovibrio vulgaris (strain ATCC 29579 / DSM 644 / CCUG 34227 / NCIMB 8303 / VKM B-1760 / Hildenborough)) Explore P07598  Go to UniProtKB:  P07598

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Periplasmic [Fe] hydrogenase small subunit	B	88	Nitratidesulfovibrio vulgaris	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: hydB, DVU_1770 EC: 1.12.7.2
UniProt
Find proteins for P07603 (Nitratidesulfovibrio vulgaris (strain ATCC 29579 / DSM 644 / CCUG 34227 / NCIMB 8303 / VKM B-1760 / Hildenborough)) Explore P07603  Go to UniProtKB:  P07603

Small Molecules

Ligands 3 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
SF4 (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	C [auth A], D [auth A], E [auth A]	IRON/SULFUR CLUSTER Fe4 S4 LJBDFODJNLIPKO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CL	G [auth A]	CHLORIDE ION Cl VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
NA	F [auth A]	SODIUM ION Na FKNQFGJONOIPTF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.46 Å
• R-Value Free:  0.189 (Depositor), 0.183 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work:  0.165 (Depositor), 0.158 (DCC) 

Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 49.15	α = 90
b = 84.786	β = 90
c = 88.036	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
REFMAC	refinement
REFMAC	refinement
PHASER	phasing
Coot	model building
XDS	data reduction
Aimless	data scaling

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2025-02-12 
Deposition Author(s): Bikbaev, K., Span, I.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
German Research Foundation (DFG)	Germany	SP 1476/4-1

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2025-02-12
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2026-02-25
  Changes: Database references, Source and taxonomy, Structure summary