9MHA | pdb_00009mha

CryoEM Structure of Zaire Ebola Virus Envelope Glycoprotein GP

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9MHA/pdb
• EM Map EMD-48271: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: VIRAL PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Ebola virus - Mayinga, Zaire, 1976
• Expression System: Homo sapiens
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2024-12-11 Released: 2025-10-15 
• Deposition Author(s): Weidle, C., Borst, A.J.
• Funding Organization(s): Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.05 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

Towards a Pan-Ebola Virus Disease Nanoparticle Vaccine

Brunette, N., Weidle, C., Wrenn, S.P., Fiala, B., Ravichandran, R., Carr, K.D., Zak, S.E., Zumbrun, E.E., Murphy, M., Chan, S., Skotheim, R., Borst, A.J., Lauren, C., Correnti, C.E., Dye, J.M., Baker, D., King, N.P., Stewart, L.J.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C3  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 6-mer - A3B3 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 164.95 kDa 
• Atom Count: 6,188 
• Modeled Residue Count: 810 
• Deposited Residue Count: 1,467 
• Unique protein chains: 2

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
GP2	A [auth C], B [auth E], C [auth F]	168	Ebola virus - Mayinga, Zaire, 1976	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: GP
UniProt
Find proteins for Q05320 (Zaire ebolavirus (strain Mayinga-76)) Explore Q05320  Go to UniProtKB:  Q05320
Glycosylation
Glycosylation Sites: 1

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Envelope glycoprotein,GP1	D [auth A], E [auth B], F [auth D]	321	Ebola virus - Mayinga, Zaire, 1976	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: GP
UniProt
Find proteins for Q05320 (Zaire ebolavirus (strain Mayinga-76)) Explore Q05320  Go to UniProtKB:  Q05320

Oligosaccharides

Help

Entity ID: 3
Molecule	Chains	Length	2D Diagram	Glycosylation	3D Interactions
beta-D-mannopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose	G, H, I	3		N-Glycosylation
Glycosylation Resources
GlyTouCan:  G15407YE GlyCosmos:  G15407YE GlyGen:  G15407YE

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.05 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
RECONSTRUCTION	cryoSPARC
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX	1.21.1_5286
MODEL REFINEMENT	Coot
MODEL REFINEMENT	UCSF ChimeraX
MODEL REFINEMENT	ISOLDE

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2025-10-15 
Deposition Author(s): Weidle, C., Borst, A.J.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)	United States	HDTRA1-18-1-0001

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2025-10-15
  Type: Initial release