6HAV

Crystal structure of [Fe]-hydrogenase (Hmd) from Methanococcus aeolicus in complex with FeGP and methenyl-tetrahydromethanopterin (close form A) at 1.06 A resolution

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb6HAV/pdb

• Classification: OXIDOREDUCTASE
• Organism(s): Methanococcus aeolicus Nankai-3
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2018-08-08 Released: 2019-08-28 
• Deposition Author(s): Huang, G., Wagner, T., Wodrich, M.D., Ataka, K., Bill, E., Ermler, U., Hu, X., Shima, S.
• Funding Organization(s): Max Planck Society

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.06 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.134 
• R-Value Work: 0.118 
• R-Value Observed: 0.119 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

The atomic-resolution crystal structure of activated [Fe]-hydrogenase

Huang, G., Wagner, T., Wodrich, M.D., Ataka, K., Bill, E., Ermler, U., Hu, X., Shima, S.

(2019) Nat Catal 

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0289-4

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 PISA (software)

Biological Assembly Evidence: gel filtration

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 38.94 kDa 
• Atom Count: 3,417 
• Modelled Residue Count: 342 
• Deposited Residue Count: 342 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
5,10-methenyltetrahydromethanopterin hydrogenase	A	342	Methanococcus aeolicus Nankai-3	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: hmd, Maeo_1025 EC: 1.12.98.2
UniProt
Find proteins for A6UVT1 (Methanococcus aeolicus (strain ATCC BAA-1280 / DSM 17508 / OCM 812 / Nankai-3)) Explore A6UVT1  Go to UniProtKB:  A6UVT1

Small Molecules

Ligands 5 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
E4M	M [auth A]	1-{4-[(6S,6aR,7R)-3-amino-6,7-dimethyl-1-oxo-1,2,5,6,6a,7-hexahydro-8H-imidazo[1,5-f]pteridin-10-ium-8-yl]phenyl}-1-deoxy-5-O-{5-O-[(S)-{[(1S)-1,3-dicarboxypropyl]oxy}(hydroxy)phosphoryl]-alpha-D-ribofuranosyl}-D-ribitol C31 H44 N6 O16 P RANKJVUGLXUXOL-CAFBYHECSA-O
FE9	B [auth A]	iron-guanylyl pyridinol cofactor C21 H23 Fe N6 O13 P S AEHOAZNVUAGELD-VPXBKTNXSA-K
GOL	C [auth A], D [auth A], E [auth A], F [auth A], G [auth A]	GLYCEROL C3 H8 O3 PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SCN	J [auth A], K [auth A], L [auth A]	THIOCYANATE ION C N S ZMZDMBWJUHKJPS-UHFFFAOYSA-M
NA	H [auth A], I [auth A]	SODIUM ION Na FKNQFGJONOIPTF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.06 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.134 
• R-Value Work: 0.118 
• R-Value Observed: 0.119 
• Space Group: C 2 2 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 66.648	α = 90
b = 66.246	β = 90
c = 167.599	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PHENIX	refinement
XDS	data reduction
SCALA	data scaling
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2019-08-28 
Deposition Author(s): Huang, G., Wagner, T., Wodrich, M.D., Ataka, K., Bill, E., Ermler, U., Hu, X., Shima, S.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Max Planck Society	Germany	--

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2019-08-28
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2019-09-04
  Changes: Data collection, Database references
• Version 1.2: 2024-01-17
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description
• Version 1.3: 2024-10-16
  Changes: Structure summary