25WZ | pdb_000025wz

Cryo-EM structure of the E. coli beta sliding clamp

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb25WZ/pdb
• EM Map EMD-80433: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: REPLICATION
• Organism(s): Escherichia coli
• Expression System: Escherichia coli BL21
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2026-04-21 Released: 2026-10-07 
• Deposition Author(s): Jiang, X., Danev, R., Kikkawa, M.
• Funding Organization(s): Japan Science and Technology, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.55 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Starting Model: in silico

Literature

Reversible autoinhibition of the bacterial replication-licensing Hda-beta clamp complex.

Jiang, X., Danev, R., Luan, Y., Nakakido, M., Tsumoto, K., Kikkawa, M.

(2026) Nucleic Acids Res 

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 (software)

Biological Assembly Evidence: mass spectrometry, electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 85.6 kDa 
• Atom Count: 4,781 
• Modeled Residue Count: 732 
• Deposited Residue Count: 772 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Beta sliding clamp	A, B	386	Escherichia coli	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: dnaN, Z5192, ECs4636
UniProt
Find proteins for P0A990 (Escherichia coli O157:H7) Explore P0A990  Go to UniProtKB:  P0A990

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.55 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
RECONSTRUCTION	cryoSPARC	5.0.0
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-10-07 
Deposition Author(s): Jiang, X., Danev, R., Kikkawa, M.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
Japan Science and Technology	Japan	JPMJER2202
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)	Japan	JP21H05247
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)	Japan	JP24KF0141
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)	Japan	JP24K18106

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-10-07
  Type: Initial release