7rn7

X-ray diffraction
2.4Å resolution

Crystal structure of caspase-3 with inhibitor Ac-VD(Aly)VD-CHO

Released:
Model geometry
Fit model/data

Function and Biology Details

Reaction catalysed:
Strict requirement for an Asp residue at positions P1 and P4. It has a preferred cleavage sequence of Asp-Xaa-Xaa-Asp-|- with a hydrophobic amino-acid residue at P2 and a hydrophilic amino-acid residue at P3, although Val or Ala are also accepted at this position
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
Cellular component:
  • not assigned

Structure analysis Details

Assembly composition:
hetero hexamer (preferred)
PDBe Complex ID:
PDB-CPX-154748 (preferred)
Entry contents:
3 distinct polypeptide molecules
Macromolecules (3 distinct):
Caspase-3 subunit p17 Chains: A, C
Molecule details ›
Chains: A, C
Length: 141 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 16.07 KDa
Source organism: Homo sapiens
Expression system: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
UniProt:
  • Canonical: P42574 (Residues: 34-174; Coverage: 51%)
Gene names: CASP3, CPP32
Sequence domains: Caspase domain
Caspase-3 subunit p12 Chains: B, D
Molecule details ›
Chains: B, D
Length: 95 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 11.26 KDa
Source organism: Homo sapiens
Expression system: Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
UniProt:
  • Canonical: P42574 (Residues: 184-277; Coverage: 34%)
Gene names: CASP3, CPP32
Sequence domains: Caspase domain
Ac-VD(Aly)VD-CHO Chains: F, G

Ligands and Environments

No bound ligands
1 modified residue:

Experiments and Validation Details

wwPDB Validation report is not available for this entry.
X-ray source: APS BEAMLINE 17-ID
Spacegroup: P21
Unit cell:
a: 50.509Å b: 68.041Å c: 82.493Å
α: 90° β: 90.608° γ: 90°
R-values:
R R work R free
0.191 0.188 0.252
Expression systems:
  • Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)
  • Not provided