9XZM | pdb_00009xzm

Cryo-EM structure of F-box helicase 1 (FBH1) bound to an SCF ubiquitin ligase complex and a 3-way DNA fork (substrate structure)

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9XZM/pdb
• EM Map EMD-72362: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: ISOMERASE/DNA
• Organism(s): synthetic construct, Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Spodoptera frugiperda
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2025-08-27 Released: 2026-01-28 
• Deposition Author(s): Mullins, E.A., Schiltz, C.J., Eichman, B.F.
• Funding Organization(s): National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS), National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 10.2 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Starting Models: experimental, in silico

Literature

F-box helicase 1 reverses replication forks through assembly on the lagging strand template at the fork junction

Greer, B.H., Mendia Garcia, J., Mullins, E.A., Peacock, E.M., Haigh, S., Schiltz, C.J., Tsai, M.-S., Cortez, D., Moreno-Herrero, F., Eichman, B.F.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 150.02 kDa 
• Atom Count: 7,341 
• Modeled Residue Count: 719 
• Deposited Residue Count: 1,102 
• Unique protein chains: 1
• Unique nucleic acid chains: 4

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 5
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
F-box DNA helicase 1	E [auth F]	972	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: FBH1, FBX18, FBXO18 EC: 5.6.2.4
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for Q8NFZ0 (Homo sapiens) Explore Q8NFZ0  Go to UniProtKB:  Q8NFZ0
PHAROS:  Q8NFZ0 GTEx:  ENSG00000134452

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
DNA (45-MER)	A [auth X]	45	synthetic construct

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
DNA (5'-D(*TP*CP*GP*CP*TP*AP*CP*CP*TP*TP*CP*GP*CP*AP*GP*TP*C)-3')	B	17	synthetic construct

Entity ID: 3
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
DNA (45-MER)	C [auth Y]	45	synthetic construct

Entity ID: 4
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
DNA (5'-D(*CP*TP*GP*AP*CP*GP*CP*TP*TP*CP*CP*AP*TP*CP*GP*CP*TP*GP*TP*CP*TP*AP*G)-3')	D [auth A]	23	synthetic construct

Small Molecules

Ligands 3 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
AGS	F	PHOSPHOTHIOPHOSPHORIC ACID-ADENYLATE ESTER C10 H16 N5 O12 P3 S NLTUCYMLOPLUHL-KQYNXXCUSA-N
ZN	H [auth F]	ZINC ION Zn PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
MG	G [auth F]	MAGNESIUM ION Mg JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 10.2 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX	1.21.2_5419:
RECONSTRUCTION	RELION

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-01-28 
Deposition Author(s): Mullins, E.A., Schiltz, C.J., Eichman, B.F.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)	United States	R35 GM136401
National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI)	United States	P01 CA092584

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-01-28
  Type: Initial release