9NU4 | pdb_00009nu4

Structure of MurJ in complex with single gene lysis protein from phage M

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9NU4/pdb
• EM Map EMD-49796: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: TRANSPORT PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Escherichia coli K-12, Enterobacteria phage M
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): Yes 


• Deposited: 2025-03-19 Released: 2026-02-11 
• Deposition Author(s): Li, Y.E., Clemons, W.M.
• Funding Organization(s): National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS), The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.60 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Starting Models: experimental, in silico

Literature

Structure of MurJ in complex with single gene lysis protein from phage M

Li, Y.E., Clemons, W.M.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

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

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 73.29 kDa 
• Atom Count: 4,824 
• Modeled Residue Count: 631 
• Deposited Residue Count: 680 
• Unique protein chains: 2

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Lipid II flippase MurJ	A	614	Escherichia coli K-12	Mutation(s): 3  Gene Names: murJ, mviN, yceN, b1069, JW1056
UniProt
Find proteins for P0AF16 (Escherichia coli (strain K12)) Explore P0AF16  Go to UniProtKB:  P0AF16

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Lysis protein	B	66	Enterobacteria phage M	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: lys
UniProt
Find proteins for K7QK87 (Enterobacteria phage M) Explore K7QK87  Go to UniProtKB:  K7QK87

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.60 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX	1.21_5207
RECONSTRUCTION	cryoSPARC	4.5.3

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-02-11 
Deposition Author(s): Li, Y.E., Clemons, W.M.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)	United States	GM114611
The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation	United States	to W.M.C.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-02-11
  Type: Initial release