9YHA | pdb_00009yha

Cryo-EM structure of IDH1 R132H

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9YHA/pdb
• EM Map EMD-72964: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: CYTOSOLIC PROTEIN
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): Yes 


• Deposited: 2025-09-30 Released: 2026-02-04 
• Deposition Author(s): Hu, L., Seo, H.-S., Dhe-Paganon, S., Berezuk, A.M., Tuttle, K.S., Zhu, X., Subramaniam, S., Wu, X.
• Funding Organization(s): Canada Excellence Research Chair Award

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 2.69 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Literature

Autopalmitoylation of IDH1-R132H regulates its neomorphic activity in cancer cells.

Hu, L., Lin, J., Sun, L., Berezuk, A.M., Tuttle, K.S., Zhu, X., Seo, H.S., Dhe-Paganon, S., Li, P., Sun, Y., Ni, L., Zhang, J., Tan, D., Wakimoto, H., Cahill, D.P., Bai, X., Luo, X., Asara, J.M., Subramaniam, S., Shan, Y., Wu, X.

(2026) Nat Chem Biol 

• PubMed: 41530531 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-025-02131-8
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  9YHA, 9YHB


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  Gain-of-function mutations of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) lead to oncometabolite (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate production, contributing to the tumorigenesis of multiple human cancers. While fatty acid biosynthesis is critical for IDH1-mutant tumor growth, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, leveraging chemical probes and chemoproteomic profiling, we identified that oncogenic IDH1-R132H is uniquely autopalmitoylated at C269, which is not observed in wild-type IDH1. This modification responds to fatty acids and regulates R132H enzymatic activity by enhancing substrate and cofactor binding, as well as dimerization. Loss of C269 palmitoylation reverses IDH1-R132H-induced metabolic reprogramming and hypermethylation phenotypes and impairs cell transformation. Interestingly, C269 autopalmitoylation occurs within a hydrophobic pocket, targeted by a clinical IDH1-mutant inhibitor (LY3410738). Our study reveals that autopalmitoylation, conferred by the IDH1 ^R132H mutation, links fatty acid metabolism to the regulation of IDH1 mutant activity and represents a druggable vulnerability in IDH1-mutant cancers.

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Organizational Affiliation: 
• Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA. [e-mail].
iHuman Institute, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China.
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Chemical Biology Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Cancer Institute, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Antidote Health Foundation for Cure of Cancer, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Mass Spectrometry Core, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
iHuman Institute, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, China. [e-mail].
Antidote Health Foundation for Cure of Cancer, Cambridge, MA, USA. [e-mail].
Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA. [e-mail].

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Cyclic - C2  (Explore in 3D)
Global Stoichiometry: Homo 2-mer - A2 

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

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 97.21 kDa 
• Atom Count: 6,408 
• Modeled Residue Count: 794 
• Deposited Residue Count: 846 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Isocitrate dehydrogenase [NADP] cytoplasmic	A, B	423	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 1  Gene Names: IDH1, PICD EC: 1.1.1.42
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for O75874 (Homo sapiens) Explore O75874  Go to UniProtKB:  O75874
PHAROS:  O75874 GTEx:  ENSG00000138413

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
NAP	C [auth A], D [auth B]	NADP NICOTINAMIDE-ADENINE-DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE C21 H28 N7 O17 P3 XJLXINKUBYWONI-NNYOXOHSSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 2.69 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX	1.21.2_5419
RECONSTRUCTION	cryoSPARC

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-02-04 
Deposition Author(s): Hu, L., Seo, H.-S., Dhe-Paganon, S., Berezuk, A.M., Tuttle, K.S., Zhu, X., Subramaniam, S., Wu, X.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Canada Excellence Research Chair Award	Canada	--

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-02-04
  Type: Initial release