9QG7 | pdb_00009qg7

In situ structure of the Vaccinia virus (WR) portal complex in mature virions

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9QG7/pdb
• EM Map EMD-53128: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: VIRAL PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Vaccinia virus WR
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2025-03-13 Released: 2026-07-22 
• Deposition Author(s): Calcraft, T., Hernandez-Gonzalez, M., Nans, A., Rosenthal, P.B., Way, M.
• Funding Organization(s): The Francis Crick Institute

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 8.21 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SUBTOMOGRAM AVERAGING 

Starting Models: in silico, experimental

Literature

In situ structure of the poxvirus portal complex

Calcraft, T., Hernandez-Gonzalez, M., Nans, A., Rosenthal, P.B., Way, M.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C6  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 60-mer - A18B18C12D6E6 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 2,310.87 kDa 
• Atom Count: 161,646 
• Modeled Residue Count: 19,806 
• Deposited Residue Count: 19,920 
• Unique protein chains: 5

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Portal protein E8	A, EA [auth e], K, OA [auth o], U, YA [auth y]	272	Vaccinia virus WR	Mutation(s): 0
UniProt
Find proteins for P23372 (Vaccinia virus (strain Western Reserve)) Explore P23372  Go to UniProtKB:  P23372

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Portal Protein E6	B, FA [auth f], L, PA [auth p], V, ZA [auth z]	567	Vaccinia virus WR	Mutation(s): 0
UniProt
Find proteins for P21607 (Vaccinia virus (strain Western Reserve)) Explore P21607  Go to UniProtKB:  P21607

Entity ID: 3
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Portal Protein L3	AB [auth 1], BB [auth 2], C, D, GA [auth g], HA [auth h], M, N, QA [auth q], RA [auth r], W, X	285	Vaccinia virus WR	Mutation(s): 0
UniProt
Find proteins for P07614 (Vaccinia virus (strain Western Reserve)) Explore P07614  Go to UniProtKB:  P07614

Entity ID: 4
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Core protein A10	AA [auth a], CA [auth c], CB [auth 3], E, EB [auth 5], G, GB [auth 7], I, IA [auth i], KA [auth k], MA [auth m], O, Q, S, SA [auth s], UA [auth u], WA [auth w], Y	594	Vaccinia virus WR	Mutation(s): 0
UniProt
Find proteins for P16715 (Vaccinia virus (strain Western Reserve)) Explore P16715  Go to UniProtKB:  P16715

Entity ID: 5
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Core protein A4	BA [auth b], DA [auth d], DB [auth 4], F, FB [auth 6], H, HB [auth 8], J, JA [auth j], LA [auth l], NA [auth n], P, R, T, TA [auth t], VA [auth v], XA [auth x], Z	43	Vaccinia virus WR	Mutation(s): 0
UniProt
Find proteins for P29191 (Vaccinia virus (strain Western Reserve)) Explore P29191  Go to UniProtKB:  P29191

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 8.21 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SUBTOMOGRAM AVERAGING 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
RECONSTRUCTION	RELION

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-07-22 
Deposition Author(s): Calcraft, T., Hernandez-Gonzalez, M., Nans, A., Rosenthal, P.B., Way, M.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
The Francis Crick Institute	United Kingdom	--

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-07-22
  Type: Initial release