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Heat shock protein HSP 90-alpha

Homo sapiens · seed P07900 · 732 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.

675Entries 678Entities 173Constructs 27Organisms 605Ligand-bound
1.17 ÅBest res.
1.95 ÅMedian res.

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

The reference structure

5LO5, 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 5LO5
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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.

1366732657 constructs

Constructs, most-used first

173 distinct constructs across 675 entries. 645 polymer entities differ from the UniProt canonical sequence in some way, 137 carry a recognised expression tag and 0 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
91 237 1.38 7HBS residues 8-244; Q8M, E237L, K238E +6 more
39 236 1.40 1UYL residues 1-236
24 228 1.20 3T0H residues 9-236
21 236 1.50 2GQP residues 65-337; 1 internal deletion; Q65G, I66S, R67H +5 more
19 256 1.47 3O0I His6; Thrombin site; residues 1-236
16 249 1.66 2XJX His6; residues 1-236; 1 internal deletion; M1V, E3R, E4G +3 more
15 252 1.55 2YEF His10; residues 1-236; M1I, P2D, E3D +5 more
14 214 1.50 2IWX residues 1-214
14 229 1.44 5LO5 residues 8-236; Q8G
13 237 1.45 7S9H residues 1-236
11 230 1.70 4B7P residues 7-236; T7G, Q8P
11 233 1.65 4NH8 residues 4-236; E4G, T5S, Q6L +2 more
9 209 1.32 2YK9 residues 15-223; E15G, E16H, V17M
9 226 1.55 3EKO residues 8-233; Q8M, R226L, D227E +6 more
9 229 1.30 3WHA residues 8-236; Q8M
9 259 1.20 4XE2 His6+T7; Enterokinase site; residues 1-223
8 238 1.61 4YKR residues 1-236; M1A
8 502 2.40 5Y3N residues 60-561
7 220 1.80 1AH6 residues 1-220
7 232 1.56 9MSU residues 1-232; E219N, V220L, P221Y +11 more
7 256 1.34 6GR5 His6; Thrombin site; residues 1-236; K112R
7 256 1.48 6GPO His6; Thrombin site; residues 1-236; K112A
7 705 2.71 6XLG matches the canonical sequence
7 732 2.56 7KRJ matches the canonical sequence
6 215 1.33 7D1V residues 10-224

Showing the 25 most-used of 173.

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".

Q8M 67% N79R 33% H77F 33% D86K 33% T174L 32% M180L 31% S52A 31% I206V 30% T149Q 30% E16K 30% F221V 29% Q85E 28% A161I 28% V186I 28% D227E 28% V92R 28% T195L 28% T176V 28% A27N 28% R173A 28% L80I 27% E13L 27% E62K 27% R87K 27% E146D 27% K74P 27% R201K 27% G215A 27% K69Q 26% T152S 26%

What it assembles into

Oligomeric stateChainsEntriesShare
monomeric1 488 72.3%
dimeric2 139 20.6%
tetrameric4 24 3.6%
trimeric3 9 1.3%
hexameric6 8 1.2%
pentameric5 5 0.7%
70-meric70 1 0.1%
eicosameric20 1 0.1%

305 entries have the depositor's assembly corroborated by PISA, 320 carry the depositor's word alone and 48 were assigned by PISA where the depositor gave none. The middle figure is not a disagreement: PISA may have returned nothing or never run. 44 entries carry more than one assembly with different chain counts, so they have no single answer to quote: 1TC0, 1TC6, 2AKP, 2IOP, 3B24, 3B25, 3B26, 3B28, 3EKO, 3EKR, 3HJC, 3HYY, 3HZ1, 3HZ5, 3K98, 3K99, 3PEH, 3PEJ, 3R4N, 3R4O.

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.

CATHHistidine kinase-like ATPa3.30.230.803.40.50.11260Heat shock protein 90, C-tSCOP2BGHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, HistiGHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, HistiGHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, HistiGHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, HistiGHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, HistiGHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, HistiGHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, HistiHSP90 middle pre-C-termina1366732
DomainSourceSpan (seed)Chains
Histidine kinase-like ATPase, C-terminal domainCATH 3.30.565.10 18–231 446
3.30.230.80CATH 293–439 30
3.40.50.11260CATH 448–547 24
Heat shock protein 90, C-terminal domainCATH 1.20.120.790 548–697 14
GHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, Histidine Kinase, MutL) domain-likeSCOP2B 8041007 18–225 427
GHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, Histidine Kinase, MutL) domain-likeSCOP2B 8042891 19–231 39
GHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, Histidine Kinase, MutL) domain-likeSCOP2B 8070946 19–230 16
GHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, Histidine Kinase, MutL) domain-likeSCOP2B 8070952 27–237 25
GHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, Histidine Kinase, MutL) domain-likeSCOP2B 8041505 35–250 24
GHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, Histidine Kinase, MutL) domain-likeSCOP2B 8070970 44–256 25
GHKL (Gyrase, Hsp90, Histidine Kinase, MutL) domain-likeSCOP2B 8070964 52–262 8
HSP90 middle pre-C-terminal domainSCOP2B 8056863 463–547 6

What binds it

ADP ADP40 entries ANP ANP30 entries ATP ATP25 entries GDM GDM10 entries 42C 42C6 entries RDC RDC5 entries 94M 94M5 entries NEC NEC4 entries 2GJ 2GJ4 entries E0G E0G4 entries AGS AGS4 entries H71 H713 entries
ComponentClassNameEntriesBest (Å)
MGion Magnesium Ion 121 1.21
GOLcryoprotectant Glycerol 40 1.30
ADPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Diphosphate 40 1.34
ANPcofactor Phosphoaminophosphonic Acid-Adenylate Ester 30 1.50
SO4ion Sulfate Ion 30 1.60
ATPcofactor Adenosine-5'-Triphosphate 25 2.19
PG4cryoprotectant Tetraethylene Glycol 23 1.50
DMScryoprotectant Dimethyl Sulfoxide 18 1.57
EDOcryoprotectant 1,2-Ethanediol 17 1.45
CLion Chloride Ion 15 1.17
Kion Potassium Ion 14 1.50
1PEcryoprotectant Pentaethylene Glycol 11 1.50
PO4ion Phosphate Ion 11 1.55
GDMligand Geldanamycin 10 1.50
PEGcryoprotectant Di(Hydroxyethyl)ether 7 1.50
42Cligand N,n-Dimethyl-7h-Purin-6-Amine 6 1.82
RDCligand Radicicol 5 1.60
94Mligand 6-Chloro-9-[(4-Methoxy-3,5-Dimethylpyridin-2-Yl)methyl]-9h-Purin 5 1.79
COion Cobalt (Ii) Ion 5 2.29
BEFion Beryllium Trifluoride Ion 5 2.35

How it crystallises

Parsed from the free text 500 depositors typed into _exptl_crystal_grow.pdbx_details, out of 572 entries that recorded anything at all. Median pH 7.0 (range 4.2 to 9.0).

Precipitants

PEG × Magnesium chloride × Ammonium sulfate × Sodium chloride × Sodium citrate × Calcium chloride × Sodium malonate × Isopropanol × Lithium sulfate × MPD × Ammonium phosphate × Sodium formate × PEG (unspecified) × Dioxane ×

Buffers

Tris × Sodium cacodylate × HEPES × Citrate × Bis-Tris propane × Bis-Tris × MES × Sodium acetate × Succinate × Phosphate ×

Which entries to trust

673 entries carry a wwPDB validation report: 329 clean, 252 worth a check and 92 with something to explain. Median clashscore 4.39, median RSRZ outliers 3.35%, median R-free minus R-work 0.035. 656 have released structure factors.

Across species

OrganismEntriesBest (Å)Ligand-boundSeed covered
Homo sapiens496 1.17 461 100%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae46 1.50 33 93%
Canis lupus familiaris39 1.50 35 94%
Danio rerio10 1.75 11 92%
Candida albicans SC531410 1.64 9 30%
Dictyostelium discoideum9 1.20 5 30%
Escherichia coli9 1.65 3 92%
Mus musculus8 1.33 8 99%
Candida albicans7 1.56 7 30%
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C7 2.71 6 98%
Plasmodium falciparum 3D75 1.88 4 63%
Cryptococcus neoformans5 1.91 4 29%

Seed sequence

732 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

1MPEETQTQDQ PMEEEEVETF AFQAEIAQLM SLIINTFYSN KEIFLRELIS NSSDALDKIR
61YESLTDPSKL DSGKELHINL IPNKQDRTLT IVDTGIGMTK ADLINNLGTI AKSGTKAFME
121ALQAGADISM IGQFGVGFYS AYLVAEKVTV ITKHNDDEQY AWESSAGGSF TVRTDTGEPM
181GRGTKVILHL KEDQTEYLEE RRIKEIVKKH SQFIGYPITL FVEKERDKEV SDDEAEEKED
241KEEEKEKEEK ESEDKPEIED VGSDEEEEKK DGDKKKKKKI KEKYIDQEEL NKTKPIWTRN
301PDDITNEEYG EFYKSLTNDW EDHLAVKHFS VEGQLEFRAL LFVPRRAPFD LFENRKKKNN
361IKLYVRRVFI MDNCEELIPE YLNFIRGVVD SEDLPLNISR EMLQQSKILK VIRKNLVKKC
421LELFTELAED KENYKKFYEQ FSKNIKLGIH EDSQNRKKLS ELLRYYTSAS GDEMVSLKDY
481CTRMKENQKH IYYITGETKD QVANSAFVER LRKHGLEVIY MIEPIDEYCV QQLKEFEGKT
541LVSVTKEGLE LPEDEEEKKK QEEKKTKFEN LCKIMKDILE KKVEKVVVSN RLVTSPCCIV
601TSTYGWTANM ERIMKAQALR DNSTMGYMAA KKHLEINPDH SIIETLRQKA EADKNDKSVK
661DLVILLYETA LLSSGFSLED PQTHANRIYR MIKLGLGIDE DDPTADDTSA AVTEEMPPLE
721GDDDTSRMEE VD

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 Unperturbed hydration structure involves ADP recognition in the N-terminal domain of human heat shock protein 90 alpha. Protein Sci. doi:10.1002/pro.70619
2026 The essential co-chaperone Sgt1 regulates client dwell time in the Hsp90 chaperone cycle. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2025.12.002
2026 Structural basis for chaperone-guided assembly of RNA-induced silencing complex. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10640-2
2026 Structural basis of HSP90C, a highly active chloroplastic HSP90 chaperone from Arabidopsis thaliana. J.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2026.169935
2026 Structural basis of regulated N-glycosylation at the secretory translocon. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09756-8
2026 Structural and binding studies of the mycobacterial heat shock protein reveal a silent state and offer insights into dendritic cell activation. Int.J.Biol.Macromol. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2026.151218
2026 FKBP8 connects the Hsp70-Hsp90 chaperone machinery to the folding of membrane proteins. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74519-6
2026 Distinct phosphorylation mechanisms as dynamic switches for Hsp90 regulation. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73400-w
2025 Novel starting points for fragment-based drug design against human heat-shock protein 90 identified using crystallographic fragment screening. Iucrj doi:10.1107/S2052252524012247
2025 Selective Inhibition of hsp90 Paralogs: Uncovering the Role of Helix 1 in Grp94-Selective Ligand Binding. Proteins doi:10.1002/prot.26756
2025 Structural Insights into Selectively Targeting Candida albicans Hsp90. Biochemistry doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.5c00015
2025 Chaperone directed heterobifunctional molecules circumvent KRAS G12C inhibitor resistance. Cancer Lett. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2025.217691
2024 Accurate Characterization of Binding Kinetics and Allosteric Mechanisms for the HSP90 Chaperone Inhibitors Using AI-Augmented Integrative Biophysical Studies. Jacs Au doi:10.1021/jacsau.4c00123
2024 Crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of Candida glabrata Hsp90 Biodesign doi:10.34184/kssb.2024.12.2.13
2024 Aminomethyl Salicylaldehydes Lock onto a Surface Lysine by Forming an Extended Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond Network. J.Am.Chem.Soc. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c04314
2024 Structural Insights into the Activation of Human Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor by the Environmental Contaminant Benzo[a]pyrene and Structurally Related Compounds. J.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168411
2024 Structural dynamics of RAF1-HSP90-CDC37 and HSP90 complexes reveal asymmetric client interactions and key structural elements. Commun Biol doi:10.1038/s42003-024-05959-3
2024 Structural basis for the dynamic chaperoning of disordered clients by Hsp90. Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41594-024-01337-z
2024 Modelling protein complexes with crosslinking mass spectrometry and deep learning Nat. Commun. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51771-2
2023 Elucidation of novel TRAP1-Selective inhibitors that regulate mitochondrial processes. Eur.J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115531
2023 Pan-HSP90 ligand binding reveals isoform-specific differences in plasticity and water networks. Protein Sci. doi:10.1002/pro.4629
2023 Targeting Borrelia burgdorferi HtpG with a berserker molecule, a strategy for anti-microbial development. Cell Chem Biol doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.10.004
2023 The Crystal Structure of the Hsp90-LA1011 Complex and the Mechanism by Which LA1011 May Improve the Prognosis of Alzheimer's Disease. Biomolecules doi:10.3390/biom13071051
2023 Cryo-EM reveals how Hsp90 and FKBP immunophilins co-regulate the glucocorticoid receptor. Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41594-023-01128-y
2023 Unique interface and dynamics of the complex of HSP90 with a specialized cochaperone AIPL1. Structure doi:10.1016/j.str.2022.12.014
2023 Cryo-EM structure of the cytosolic AhR complex. Structure doi:10.1016/j.str.2022.12.013
2023 Hsp90 provides a platform for kinase dephosphorylation by PP5. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37659-7
2023 Structural insight into guanylyl cyclase receptor hijacking of the kinase-Hsp90 regulatory mechanism. Elife doi:10.7554/eLife.86784
2022 Water Networks Repopulate Protein-Ligand Interfaces with Temperature. Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. doi:10.1002/anie.202112919
2022 Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Tertiary Alcohol Hsp90 alpha-Selective Inhibitors with Novel Binding Mode. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.2c00327
2022 Structural Characterization of Human Heat Shock Protein 90 N-Terminal Domain and Its Variants K112R and K112A in Complex with a Potent 1,2,3-Triazole-Based Inhibitor. Int J Mol Sci doi:10.3390/ijms23169458
2022 Structural basis of the key residue W320 responsible for Hsp90 conformational change. J.Biomol.Struct.Dyn. doi:10.1080/07391102.2022.2146197
2022 Dipyridamole interacts with the N-terminal domain of HSP90 and antagonizes the function of the chaperone in multiple cancer cell lines. Biochem Pharmacol doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2022.115376
2022 Cryo-EM structure of the agonist-bound Hsp90-XAP2-AHR cytosolic complex. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34773-w
2022 Structure of the RAF1-HSP90-CDC37 complex reveals the basis of RAF1 regulation. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2022.08.012
2022 HSP90-CDC37-PP5 forms a structural platform for kinase dephosphorylation. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35143-2
2022 Crystal structure of the middle and C-terminal domains of Hsp90 alpha labeled with a coumarin derivative reveals a potential allosteric binding site as a drug target. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol doi:10.1107/S2059798322002261
2022 Structure of Hsp90-Hsp70-Hop-GR reveals the Hsp90 client-loading mechanism. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04252-1
2022 Visualizing the transiently populated closed-state of human HSP90 ATP binding domain. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35399-8
2021 Design and Synthesis of TRAP1 Selective Inhibitors: H-Bonding with Asn171 Residue in TRAP1 Increases Paralog Selectivity. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00213