9Q12 | pdb_00009q12

Human telomerase catalytic core with shelterin protein TPP1 and DNA primer ending in TTAG

PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9Q12/pdb
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Classification: RNA BINDING PROTEIN/RNA/DNA
Organism(s): Homo sapiens
Expression System: Homo sapiens, Escherichia coli
Mutation(s): No

Deposited: 2025-08-13 Released: 2026-06-17
Deposition Author(s): Wang, Y., Liu, B., He, Y., Feigon, J.
Funding Organization(s): National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS), National Science Foundation (NSF, United States)

Experimental Data Snapshot

Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Resolution: 2.80 Å
Aggregation State: PARTICLE
Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE

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Literature

Structures of telomerase with BIBR1532 reveal novel mechanism of inhibition

Wang, Y., Liu, B., He, Y., Feigon, J.

To be published.

Macromolecule Content

Total Structure Weight: 328.78 kDa
Atom Count: 14,571
Modeled Residue Count: 1,473
Deposited Residue Count: 2,058
Unique protein chains: 4
Unique nucleic acid chains: 2

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Telomerase reverse transcriptase	B [auth A]	1,167	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0 Gene Names: TERT, EST2, TCS1, TRT EC: 2.7.7.49
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for O14746 (Homo sapiens) Explore O14746 Go to UniProtKB: O14746
PHAROS: O14746 GTEx: ENSG00000164362
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UniProt Group	O14746
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Reference Sequence

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Entity ID: 4
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Histone H2A.J	D [auth F]	129	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0
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Find proteins for Q9BTM1 (Homo sapiens) Explore Q9BTM1 Go to UniProtKB: Q9BTM1
PHAROS: Q9BTM1 GTEx: ENSG00000246705
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UniProt Group	Q9BTM1
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Reference Sequence

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Entity ID: 5
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Histone H2B type 1-C/E/F/G/I	E [auth G]	126	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0
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Find proteins for P62807 (Homo sapiens) Explore P62807 Go to UniProtKB: P62807
PHAROS: P62807 GTEx: ENSG00000180596 ENSG00000277224 ENSG00000278588 ENSG00000273802 ENSG00000274290
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UniProt Group	P62807
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Entity ID: 6
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Adrenocortical dysplasia protein homolog	F [auth C]	163	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0 Gene Names: ACD, PIP1, PTOP, TINT1, TPP1
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Find proteins for Q96AP0 (Homo sapiens) Explore Q96AP0 Go to UniProtKB: Q96AP0
PHAROS: Q96AP0 GTEx: ENSG00000102977
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UniProt Group	Q96AP0
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Reference Sequence

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Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism
Entity ID: 1
Telomerase RNA	A [auth B]	451	Homo sapiens
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Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism
Entity ID: 3
Telomeric repeat substrate	C [auth D]	22	Homo sapiens
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Resolution: 2.80 Å
Aggregation State: PARTICLE
Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
RECONSTRUCTION	cryoSPARC

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Entry History

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Deposition Data

Released Date: 2026-06-17

Deposition Author(s):

Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)	United States	R35GM131901
National Science Foundation (NSF, United States)	United States	MCB2016540