CODSWALLOP

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

Homo sapiens · seed P13569 · 1480 aa · family defined as ≥30% identity to that seed · compiled 07 October 2026

CATH and SCOP identifiers come from the RCSB's own structure annotations, which the Domains panel already reads, so these are looked up rather than guessed at.

237Entries 237Entities 91Constructs 23Organisms 182Ligand-bound
1.45 ÅBest res.
3.04 ÅMedian res.

Every figure here is counted over the whole family rather than quoted from one entry.

The reference structure

6WBS, the structure every other member of this family is superposed onto. Rendered by the RCSB and embedded here: the live app shows an interactive viewport, which a document that fetches nothing cannot.

Rendered structure of 6WBS
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Which residues anyone has ever seen

How many of this family's constructs contain each residue of the seed. A trough is a stretch nobody has put in a construct, which is a construct-design answer rather than a disorder one.

17401480149 constructs

Constructs, most-used first

91 distinct constructs across 237 entries. 177 polymer entities differ from the UniProt canonical sequence in some way, 43 carry a recognised expression tag and 3 carry a fusion partner.

"Differs from canonical" is not the same as "engineered". The canonical sequence is the full gene product, so a secreted protein whose structures all start after its signal peptide counts every one of them as different: lysozyme's most-used construct, residues 19–147 on 1,239 entities, is simply the mature protein. Read the construct column below for what was actually done, rather than this count.

EntitiesLengthBest (Å)Best entryWhat was made
15 229 1.70 2PZE residues 386-646; 1 internal deletion; N386S, V470M
15 1325 2.84 8XOK matches the canonical sequence
10 573 2.77 7ZDG matches the canonical sequence
9 599 2.50 8SCB matches the canonical sequence
7 1480 2.10 9MXL E1371Q
6 286 2.20 1R0W residues 388-673; M388S
6 573 2.71 7ZDT E500Q
6 681 2.90 8FHK His6; C154A, C256A, C351A +1 more
5 558 2.79 7MSM matches the canonical sequence
5 584 2.82 9XNP His8
5 584 2.93 8XSR residues 1-580; 2 internal deletions; 2-residue insertion after 460; L3W, H9Y, I10V +172 more
5 842 3.40 7DNY matches the canonical sequence
5 1325 2.70 8SX7 1 internal deletion; M1R, D2N, C3A +6 more
4 28 1.76 7QI1 residues 747-774
4 207 2.86 7F04 matches the canonical sequence
4 306 2.00 3NH6 Thrombin site; residues 547-842; F547M, T549S, Y550S +7 more
4 353 1.65 1OXS matches the canonical sequence
4 586 2.40 7P7Q no UniProt reference for this entity, so it cannot be diffed against a canonical sequence
4 595 3.00 6YAL residues 4-598; V538I
4 681 2.96 8T1P His6
4 739 3.40 7N58 His6
4 1479 2.80 8EIO 1 internal deletion; E1371Q
4 1480 3.80 9DW5 matches the canonical sequence
3 261 2.49 6GJQ residues 386-646; N386S, V470M, S492P +2 more
3 590 2.70 9IQG residues 1-580; 2 internal deletions; 2-residue insertion after 460; L3W, H9Y, I10V +172 more

Showing the 25 most-used of 91.

Positions people deliberately mutate

Columns where the wild-type residue still dominates but a real minority carries something else, which is a different question from "what varies across species".

R1158I 70% Q1476Y 70% E831P 70% D836E 70% V1345N 70% L967N 70% A1225L 70% S1276E 70% I1295L 70% H1375A 70% T1122K 69% G1123T 69% T1263P 69% W1274I 69% P841E 69% P1175W 69% S1196T 69% K1213R 69% I820G 69% V905N 69% H950N 69% Q1012I 69% V1056S 69% R1070A 69% Q1071E 69% F1111L 69% A1391V 69% V1421I 69% N1454D 69% S1455A 69%

What it assembles into

Oligomeric stateChainsEntriesShare
monomeric1 96 40.5%
dimeric2 85 35.9%
trimeric3 9 3.8%
87-meric87 7 3.0%
hexameric6 7 3.0%
tetrameric4 4 1.7%
55-meric55 4 1.7%
88-meric88 3 1.3%

75 entries have the depositor's assembly corroborated by PISA, 160 carry the depositor's word alone and 2 were assigned by PISA where the depositor gave none. The middle figure is not a disagreement: PISA may have returned nothing or never run. 11 entries carry more than one assembly with different chain counts, so they have no single answer to quote: 1Q3H, 1R0W, 1R0X, 1R0Y, 1R0Z, 1R10, 1XF9, 1XMI, 2PZF, 3GD7, 3SI7.

Domain architecture

Every source's own domains on the seed axis, one row each. They are not merged: Pfam, CATH, SCOP and InterPro disagree about boundaries, and a merged track would state a consensus none of them gave.

CATHP-loop containing nucleotiABC transporter type 1, trSCOP2BProtein kinase-like (PK-liABC transporter-like P-looABC transporter-like P-looABC transporter-like P-looMOP-likeABC transporter-like P-looABC transporter transmembr17401480
DomainSourceSpan (seed)Chains
P-loop containing nucleotide triphosphate hydrolasesCATH 3.40.50.300 412–670 86
Nucleic acid-binding proteinsCATH 2.40.50.140 737–781 4
RNA polymerase II/Efflux pump adaptor protein, barrel-sandwich hybrid domainCATH 2.40.50.100 783–793 8
ABC transporter type 1, transmembrane domainCATH 1.20.1560.10 1229–1480 7
Protein kinase-like (PK-like)SCOP2B 8033774 15–351 2
ABC transporter-like P-loop ATPasesSCOP2B 8056723 389–627 44
ABC transporter-like P-loop ATPasesSCOP2B 8057787 390–628 8
ABC transporter-like P-loop ATPasesSCOP2B 8018329 441–663 3
MOP-likeSCOP2B 8018333 683–792 3
ABC transporter-like P-loop ATPasesSCOP2B 8057792 1207–1426 20
ABC transporter transmembrane region-likeSCOP2B 8057830 1231–1480 4

What binds it

ATP ATP84 entries ADP ADP29 entries ANP ANP24 entries SF4 SF416 entries POV POV15 entries HEM HEM6 entries HT1 HT16 entries HEB HEB6 entries VX8 VX85 entries GTP GTP4 entries SCM SCM4 entries PUT PUT4 entries
ComponentClassNameEntriesBest (Å)
MGion Magnesium Ion 137 1.50
ATPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Triphosphate 84 1.50
ADPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Diphosphate 29 2.10
ANPcofactor Phosphoaminophosphonic Acid-Adenylate Ester 24 1.95
ZNion Zinc Ion 21 2.40
SF4ligand Iron/sulfur Cluster 16 2.50
CLRlipid/detergent Cholesterol 16 2.70
POVligand (2s)-3-(Hexadecanoyloxy)-2-[(9z)-Octadec-9-Enoyloxy]propyl 2-(Tr 15 2.90
ACYcryoprotectant Acetic Acid 8 2.20
CLion Chloride Ion 7 1.80
VO4ion Vanadate Ion 7 2.70
Y01lipid/detergent Cholesterol Hemisuccinate 6 2.90
HEMcofactor Protoporphyrin Ix Containing Fe 6 2.86
HT1ligand 2'-(4-Ethoxyphenyl)-5-(4-Methyl-1-Piperazinyl)-2,5'-Bi-Benzimida 6 3.06
D12lipid/detergent Dodecane 6 2.70
HEBcofactor Heme B/c 6 2.77
GOLcryoprotectant Glycerol 5 1.80
SO4ion Sulfate Ion 5 1.80
Kion Potassium Ion 5 2.40
VX8ligand Lumacaftor 5 2.70

How it crystallises

Parsed from the free text 69 depositors typed into _exptl_crystal_grow.pdbx_details, out of 69 entries that recorded anything at all. Median pH 7.5 (range 4.5 to 9.5).

Precipitants

PEG × Sodium chloride × Magnesium chloride × Ammonium sulfate × Calcium chloride × Sodium citrate × Lithium sulfate × MPD × Jeffamine × Ammonium phosphate × Dioxane ×

Buffers

HEPES × Tris × MES × Sodium acetate × Glycine × Citrate × Bis-Tris × Sodium cacodylate × Bis-Tris propane ×

Which entries to trust

237 entries carry a wwPDB validation report: 180 clean, 33 worth a check and 24 with something to explain. Median clashscore 6.31, median RSRZ outliers 4.35%, median R-free minus R-work 0.043. 237 have released structure factors.

Across species

OrganismEntriesBest (Å)Ligand-boundSeed covered
Homo sapiens117 1.50 92 100%
Escherichia coli K-1225 2.71 20 24%
Oryctolagus cuniculus16 2.50 13 10%
Mycolicibacterium smegmatis MC2 15512 2.70 8 15%
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 16810 2.90 10 14%
Mus musculus9 2.20 8 19%
Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)6 2.86 5 24%
Saccharolobus solfataricus5 1.45 2 9%
Bos taurus5 2.70 3 97%
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv5 2.79 5 10%
Arabidopsis thaliana4 3.40 3 16%
Unknown4 0 2%

Seed sequence

1480 residues, numbered every ten. Every identity figure in this document is measured against this sequence.

active or binding site modified residue or glycosylation disulphide cysteine transmembrane or signal the 15 most-substituted positions

1MQRSPLEKAS VVSKLFFSWT RPILRKGYRQ RLELSDIYQI PSVDSADNLS EKLEREWDRE
61LASKKNPKLI NALRRCFFWR FMFYGIFLYL GEVTKAVQPL LLGRIIASYD PDNKEERSIA
121IYLGIGLCLL FIVRTLLLHP AIFGLHHIGM QMRIAMFSLI YKKTLKLSSR VLDKISIGQL
181VSLLSNNLNK FDEGLALAHF VWIAPLQVAL LMGLIWELLQ ASAFCGLGFL IVLALFQAGL
241GRMMMKYRDQ RAGKISERLV ITSEMIENIQ SVKAYCWEEA MEKMIENLRQ TELKLTRKAA
301YVRYFNSSAF FFSGFFVVFL SVLPYALIKG IILRKIFTTI SFCIVLRMAV TRQFPWAVQT
361WYDSLGAINK IQDFLQKQEY KTLEYNLTTT EVVMENVTAF WEEGFGELFE KAKQNNNNRK
421TSNGDDSLFF SNFSLLGTPV LKDINFKIER GQLLAVAGST GAGKTSLLMV IMGELEPSEG
481KIKHSGRISF CSQFSWIMPG TIKENIIFGV SYDEYRYRSV IKACQLEEDI SKFAEKDNIV
541LGEGGITLSG GQRARISLAR AVYKDADLYL LDSPFGYLDV LTEKEIFESC VCKLMANKTR
601ILVTSKMEHL KKADKILILH EGSSYFYGTF SELQNLQPDF SSKLMGCDSF DQFSAERRNS
661ILTETLHRFS LEGDAPVSWT ETKKQSFKQT GEFGEKRKNS ILNPINSIRK FSIVQKTPLQ
721MNGIEEDSDE PLERRLSLVP DSEQGEAILP RISVISTGPT LQARRRQSVL NLMTHSVNQG
781QNIHRKTTAS TRKVSLAPQA NLTELDIYSR RLSQETGLEI SEEINEEDLK ECFFDDMESI
841PAVTTWNTYL RYITVHKSLI FVLIWCLVIF LAEVAASLVV LWLLGNTPLQ DKGNSTHSRN
901NSYAVIITST SSYYVFYIYV GVADTLLAMG FFRGLPLVHT LITVSKILHH KMLHSVLQAP
961MSTLNTLKAG GILNRFSKDI AILDDLLPLT IFDFIQLLLI VIGAIAVVAV LQPYIFVATV
1021PVIVAFIMLR AYFLQTSQQL KQLESEGRSP IFTHLVTSLK GLWTLRAFGR QPYFETLFHK
1081ALNLHTANWF LYLSTLRWFQ MRIEMIFVIF FIAVTFISIL TTGEGEGRVG IILTLAMNIM
1141STLQWAVNSS IDVDSLMRSV SRVFKFIDMP TEGKPTKSTK PYKNGQLSKV MIIENSHVKK
1201DDIWPSGGQM TVKDLTAKYT EGGNAILENI SFSISPGQRV GLLGRTGSGK STLLSAFLRL
1261LNTEGEIQID GVSWDSITLQ QWRKAFGVIP QKVFIFSGTF RKNLDPYEQW SDQEIWKVAD
1321EVGLRSVIEQ FPGKLDFVLV DGGCVLSHGH KQLMCLARSV LSKAKILLLD EPSAHLDPVT
1381YQIIRRTLKQ AFADCTVILC EHRIEAMLEC QQFLVIEENK VRQYDSIQKL LNERSLFRQA
1441ISPSDRVKLF PHRNSSKCKS KPQIAALKEE TEEEVQDTRL

Sites are UniProt's curated features where the seed is a UniProt accession; the substituted positions are measured from this family's own alignment rather than annotated, and only the fifteen most substituted are marked: every position carrying a minority substitution would be most of the protein, because the family holds orthologues. A residue can carry more than one and is drawn with the first that applies, in the order of the key above.

Primary citations

One record per paper, not per entry.

YearCitation
2026 Molecular architecture and diversity of StopGo/2A translational recoding. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA doi:10.1073/pnas.2528667123
2026 Conformational Snapshots of CydDC in a Native Lipid Bilayer Coupling Heme Transport to Antibiotic Resistance. Adv Sci doi:10.1002/advs.76081
2026 Mechanism of ribosome stalling by the AMD1 C-terminal tail arrest peptide. Sci Adv doi:10.1126/sciadv.aec5067
2026 Cryo-EM structures of human ABCB7 reveal the molecular basis of mitochondrial matrix heme export. Commun Biol doi:10.1038/s42003-026-10223-x
2025 Structure of CFTR bound to (R)-BPO-27 unveils a pore-blockage mechanism. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-62199-7
2025 Structure and mechanism of a mycobacterial isoniazid efflux pump MsRv1273c/72c with a degenerate nucleotide-binding site. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-59300-5
2025 Programmable initiation of mRNA translation by trans-RNA. Nat.Biotechnol. doi:10.1038/s41587-025-02897-1
2025 Structural basis for the reversal of human MRP4-mediated multidrug resistance by lapatinib. Cell Rep doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115466
2025 Structural basis of human ABCC4 recognition of cAMP and ligand recognition flexibility. Cell Biosci doi:10.1186/s13578-025-01377-y
2025 Drug-bound outward-facing conformation of a heterodimeric ABC exporter suggests a putative mechanism of drug translocation. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-025-65318-6
2024 The eRF1 degrader SRI-41315 acts as a molecular glue at the ribosomal decoding center. Nat.Chem.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41589-023-01521-0
2024 Structural basis of prostaglandin efflux by MRP4. Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41594-023-01176-4
2024 Structural basis for CFTR inhibition by CFTR inh -172. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA doi:10.1073/pnas.2316675121
2024 The structures of protein kinase A in complex with CFTR: Mechanisms of phosphorylation and noncatalytic activation. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA doi:10.1073/pnas.2409049121
2024 The ATP-bound inward-open conformation of ABCC4 reveals asymmetric ATP binding for substrate transport. Febs Lett. doi:10.1002/1873-3468.14955
2024 The role of ATP-binding Cassette subfamily B member 6 in the inner ear. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-024-53663-x
2024 N 6 -methyladenosine in 5' UTR does not promote translation initiation. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2023.12.028
2024 Cryo-EM structure of cadmium-bound human ABCB6. Commun Biol doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06377-1
2024 Allosteric inhibition of CFTR gating by CFTRinh-172 binding in the pore. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50641-1
2024 Structure-based discovery of CFTR potentiators and inhibitors. Cell doi:10.1016/j.cell.2024.04.046
2023 Dissecting the conformational complexity and mechanism of a bacterial heme transporter. Nat.Chem.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41589-023-01314-5
2023 Structure of an endogenous mycobacterial MCE lipid transporter. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06366-0
2023 Cryo-EM structures of mitochondrial ABC transporter ABCB10 in apo and biliverdin-bound form. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37851-9
2023 Asymmetric conformations and lipid interactions shape the ATP-coupled cycle of a heterodimeric ABC transporter. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42937-5
2023 Structural basis for substrate and inhibitor recognition of human multidrug transporter MRP4. Commun Biol doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04935-7
2023 Structural and mechanistic basis of substrate transport by the multidrug transporter MRP4. Structure doi:10.1016/j.str.2023.08.014
2023 Cryo-EM structure ofABCC4 Nat Cardiovasc Res
2023 Architecture of the Heme-translocating CcmABCD/E complex required for Cytochrome c maturation. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40881-y
2023 Cryo-EM structures of a prokaryotic heme transporter CydDC. Protein Cell doi:10.1093/procel/pwad022
2023 W546 stacking disruption traps the human porphyrin transporter ABCB6 in an outward-facing transient state. Commun Biol doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05339-3
2023 CFTR function, pathology and pharmacology at single-molecule resolution. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05854-7
2022 Macrocycle-stabilization of its interaction with 14-3-3 increases plasma membrane localization and activity of CFTR. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31206-6
2022 Structural basis for PoxtA-mediated resistance to phenicol and oxazolidinone antibiotics. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29274-9
2022 Mechanism of CFTR correction by type I folding correctors. Cell doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.12.009
2022 Interplay between an ATP-binding cassette F protein and the ribosome from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28078-1
2022 Molecular structures reveal synergistic rescue of Delta 508 CFTR by Trikafta modulators. Science doi:10.1126/science.ade2216
2022 Structures of the CcmABCD heme release complex at multiple states. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34136-5
2022 Cryo-EM structure of AMP-PNP-bound human mitochondrial ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCB7. J.Struct.Biol. doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107832
2022 Structural Insights into Porphyrin Recognition by the Human ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter ABCB6. Mol.Cells doi:10.14348/molcells.2022.0040
2022 Glutathione binding to the plant At Atm3 transporter and implications for the conformational coupling of ABC transporters. Elife doi:10.7554/eLife.76140