9O79 | pdb_00009o79

Recombinant AD PHF incubated with DMSO (Kinked Backbone E342)

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9O79/pdb
• EM Map EMD-70191: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: PROTEIN FIBRIL
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2025-04-14 Released: 2026-04-22 
• Deposition Author(s): Kunach, P., Diamond, M.I.
• Funding Organization(s): Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health (NIH/NIMH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 2.55 Å
• Aggregation State: FILAMENT 
• Reconstruction Method: HELICAL 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

Development of a tau amyloid dye from a PET ligand

Kunach, P., Diamond, M.I.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 10-mer - A10 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by (software)

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 81.84 kDa 
• Atom Count: 5,750 
• Modeled Residue Count: 750 
• Deposited Residue Count: 750 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Microtubule-associated protein tau	A [auth F], B [auth N], C [auth G], D [auth O], E [auth H], F [auth P], G [auth I], H [auth Q], I [auth J], J [auth R]	75	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: MAPT, MAPTL, MTBT1, TAU
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P10636 (Homo sapiens) Explore P10636  Go to UniProtKB:  P10636
PHAROS:  P10636 GTEx:  ENSG00000186868

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 2.55 Å
• Aggregation State: FILAMENT 
• Reconstruction Method: HELICAL 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX	1.20.1
RECONSTRUCTION	RELION	4.0

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-04-22 
Deposition Author(s): Kunach, P., Diamond, M.I.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)	United States	RP170644
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health (NIH/NIMH)	United States	R35GM122481
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	Canada	MOP-11-51-31
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	Canada	152985

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-04-22
  Type: Initial release