39JB | pdb_000039jb

Structure of HCMV gH/gK bound to D11L, B1L, G2L Fabs

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb39JB/pdb
• EM Map EMD-79526: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: VIRAL PROTEIN/IMMUNE SYSTEM
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens, Human herpesvirus 5 strain AD169
• Expression System: Homo sapiens
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2026-10-12 Released: 2026-10-28 
• Deposition Author(s): Ramamohan, A.R., McLellan, J.S.
• Funding Organization(s): Not funded

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.40 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Literature

B cell response to HCMV gH/UL116 elicits neutralizing and Fc gamma receptor-activating antibodies

Ramamohan, A.R., McLellan, J.S.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Hetero 8-mer - A1B1C1D1E1F1G1H1 Pseudo Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Pseudo Stoichiometry: Hetero 8-mer - A6B1C1 

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

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 262.48 kDa 
• Atom Count: 11,132 
• Modeled Residue Count: 1,416 
• Deposited Residue Count: 2,402 
• Unique protein chains: 8

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
B1L Fab Heavy Chain	A [auth B]	233	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
B1L Fab Light Chain	B [auth C]	217	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0

Entity ID: 3
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
D11L Fab Heavy Chain	C [auth D]	229	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0

Entity ID: 4
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
D11L Fab Light Chain	D [auth E]	217	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0

Entity ID: 5
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
G2L Fab Heavy Chain	E [auth G]	221	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0

Entity ID: 6
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
G2L Fab Light Chain	F [auth H]	217	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0

Entity ID: 7
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
HCMV gK	G [auth U]	347	Human herpesvirus 5 strain AD169	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: UL116
UniProt
Find proteins for P16833 (Human cytomegalovirus (strain AD169)) Explore P16833  Go to UniProtKB:  P16833

Entity ID: 8
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Envelope glycoprotein H	H [auth A]	721	Human herpesvirus 5 strain AD169	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: gH, UL75
UniProt
Find proteins for P12824 (Human cytomegalovirus (strain AD169)) Explore P12824  Go to UniProtKB:  P12824
Glycosylation
Glycosylation Sites: 1

Oligosaccharides

Help  

Entity ID: 9
Molecule	Chains	Length	2D Diagram	Glycosylation	D Interactions
2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose	I [auth F]	2		N-Glycosylation

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.40 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX	1.21rc1_5127
RECONSTRUCTION	PHENIX	1.21rc1_5127

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-10-28 
Deposition Author(s): Ramamohan, A.R., McLellan, J.S.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Not funded		--

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-10-28
  Type: Initial release