8KGF

Structure of AmCas12a with crRNA

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb8KGF/pdb
• NAKB: 8KGF
• EM Map EMD-37219: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: DNA BINDING PROTEIN/RNA
• Organism(s): Anaeroglobus
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2023-08-18 Released: 2024-09-04 
• Deposition Author(s): Feng, Y., Zhang, X., Shi, J., Ma, P., Tang, J., Huang, X.
• Funding Organization(s): Other government, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 2.90 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

A novel CRISPR/Cas12a in complex with a crRNA.

Feng, Y., Zhang, X., Shi, J., Ma, P., Tang, J., Huang, X.

To be published.

Biological Assembly 1  

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

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

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 171.49 kDa 
• Atom Count: 10,872 
• Modelled Residue Count: 1,290 
• Deposited Residue Count: 1,409 
• Unique protein chains: 1
• Unique nucleic acid chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
CRISPR-associated endonuclease Cas12a	A	1,365	Anaeroglobus	Mutation(s): 0

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
RNA (44-MER)	B [auth G]	44	Anaeroglobus

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
MG (Subject of Investigation/LOI)	C [auth A], D [auth G]	MAGNESIUM ION Mg JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 2.90 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2024-09-04 
Deposition Author(s): Feng, Y., Zhang, X., Shi, J., Ma, P., Tang, J., Huang, X.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Other government		2021YFA0804702
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)	China	22177073

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2024-09-04
  Type: Initial release