3L1G

Human AlphaB crystallin

Summary for 3L1G

Entry DOI	10.2210/pdb3l1g/pdb
Descriptor	Alpha-crystallin B chain, SULFATE ION (2 entities in total)
Functional Keywords	lens transparency, polydispersity, protein aggregation, crystallin, eye lens protein, chaperone
Biological source	Homo sapiens (human)
Cellular location	Cytoplasm: P02511
Total number of polymer chains	1
Total formula weight	11115.48
Authors	Laganowsky, A.,Sawaya, M.R.,Cascio, D.,Eisenberg, D. (deposition date: 2009-12-11, release date: 2010-05-12, Last modification date: 2024-02-21)
Primary citation	Laganowsky, A.,Benesch, J.L.,Landau, M.,Ding, L.,Sawaya, M.R.,Cascio, D.,Huang, Q.,Robinson, C.V.,Horwitz, J.,Eisenberg, D. Crystal structures of truncated alphaA and alphaB crystallins reveal structural mechanisms of polydispersity important for eye lens function. Protein Sci., 19:1031-1043, 2010 Cited by PubMed: 20440841 DOI: 10.1002/pro.380 PDB entries with the same primary citation
Experimental method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.32 Å)

Structure validation