CODSWALLOP

Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1

Homo sapiens · seed P09874 · 1014 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.

165Entries 176Entities 68Constructs 5Organisms 124Ligand-bound
1.50 ÅBest res.
2.40 ÅMedian res.

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

The reference structure

7S6H, 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 7S6H
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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.

15071014138 constructs

Constructs, most-used first

68 distinct constructs across 165 entries. 176 polymer entities differ from the UniProt canonical sequence in some way, 22 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
15 357 1.80 4GV2 residues 176-532; V176S, T177M
13 271 1.50 6NRH residues 722-1012; 3 internal deletions; Q722M, D726H, S727H +29 more
8 350 2.10 8HE7 residues 662-1011; V762A
8 352 1.59 9ETQ residues 660-1011; T661S, V762A
8 352 1.90 5WS1 residues 660-1011; G660H, T661M, V762A
7 353 2.10 8HKO residues 229-581; K229G, T349S, L351R +2 more
6 361 2.25 1A26 residues 651-1011; K651A
5 352 1.70 7KK2 residues 660-1011; T661S
5 355 1.82 9ETR residues 658-1011; 1-residue insertion after 659; N658G, T661S, V762A
4 116 2.40 3OD8 His6; Thrombin site; residues 1-96
4 276 3.10 7S6H His6; Thrombin site; residues 1-366; 1 internal deletion
4 350 2.80 2RCW residues 662-1011
4 358 2.20 4R6E residues 661-1014; T661M, V762A, S1012A +2 more
4 368 1.95 3KJD residues 216-579; 4-residue insertion after 232; E216M, E217H, T218H +14 more
3 160 1.70 2RIQ residues 215-374; G215M, A367L, T368E +6 more
3 267 3.31 4OPX residues 1-374; 1 internal deletion; E205D, G206I, A367L +7 more
3 354 2.49 9ILN residues 658-1011; N658G, G660M, V762A
3 372 2.10 6VKK residues 643-1011; 3-residue insertion after 660; I643M, D644G, Y645S +14 more
3 504 3.10 7S6H His6; residues 517-1014; 1 internal deletion; N517M, V762A
3 505 3.31 4OPX His6; residues 518-1014
3 590 3.90 6X0L His6; Thrombin site; 1 internal deletion
2 111 2.80 3ODC residues 104-214; S104M, K207L, R208E +6 more
2 123 3.28 9ZQA residues 90-212
2 131 2.80 6F5B residues 88-218; L88S, K89M
2 131 3.50 7SCZ residues 362-492; 1 internal deletion; 2-residue insertion after 486; S362M, A363G, V365S +14 more

Showing the 25 most-used of 68.

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".

T661S 54% S786P 48% S782E 47% D783S 47% S757E 47% E763Q 46% Q722A 46% D726G 46% A755P 46% D756K 46% G660A 42% K787E 42% D784Q 41% K747R 40% L778V 40% R779K 40% G781S 40% S727R 40% I729L 40% D731E 40% Y689M 40% S714K 40% V792Q 38% R806H 38% E812K 38% E832T 38% C845K 38% G913L 38% H934E 38% S939A 38%

What it assembles into

Oligomeric stateChainsEntriesShare
monomeric1 124 75.2%
tetrameric4 13 7.9%
dimeric2 9 5.5%
hexameric6 4 2.4%
14-meric14 4 2.4%
trimeric3 3 1.8%
octameric8 2 1.2%
undecameric11 2 1.2%

71 entries have the depositor's assembly corroborated by PISA, 92 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. 1 entries carry more than one assembly with different chain counts, so they have no single answer to quote: 3L3L.

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.

CATHZinc finger, PARP-type1.10.20.1302.20.25.630BRCT domainPoly(ADP-ribose) polymeras3.90.228.10SCOP2BWGR domain-likeWGR domain-likeDomain of poly(ADP-ribose)Domain of poly(ADP-ribose)ADP-ribosylationADP-ribosylation15071014
DomainSourceSpan (seed)Chains
Zinc finger, PARP-typeCATH 3.30.1740.10 26–116 20
1.10.20.130CATH 226–291 2
2.20.25.630CATH 292–351 2
BRCT domainCATH 3.40.50.10190 388–493 2
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, regulatory domainCATH 1.20.142.10 670–799 60
3.90.228.10CATH 800–1013 87
WGR domain-likeSCOP2B 8074102 533–647 5
WGR domain-likeSCOP2B 8039231 551–663 3
Domain of poly(ADP-ribose) polymeraseSCOP2B 8036812 663–799 61
Domain of poly(ADP-ribose) polymeraseSCOP2B 8037412 663–797 8
ADP-ribosylationSCOP2B 8037018 798–1012 8
ADP-ribosylationSCOP2B 8036814 801–1013 77

What binds it

UHB UHB7 entries 09L 09L5 entries 78P 78P4 entries 2YQ 2YQ4 entries 3JD 3JD3 entries RPB RPB3 entries DQV DQV3 entries CNA CNA2 entries P34 P342 entries FSU FSU2 entries D7N D7N2 entries L1S L1S2 entries
ComponentClassNameEntriesBest (Å)
SO4ion Sulfate Ion 40 1.50
ZNion Zinc Ion 26 1.70
GOLcryoprotectant Glycerol 22 1.70
DMScryoprotectant Dimethyl Sulfoxide 18 1.50
UHBligand 2-[4-[(2s,3s,4r,5r)-5-(6-Aminopurin-9-Yl)-3,4-Bis(Oxidanyl)oxola 7 2.70
EDOcryoprotectant 1,2-Ethanediol 6 1.74
09Lligand 4-(3-{[4-(Cyclopropylcarbonyl)piperazin-1-Yl]carbonyl}-4-Fluorob 5 1.96
78Pligand (2r)-2-(7-Carbamoyl-1h-Benzimidazol-2-Yl)-2-Methylpyrrolidinium 4 1.59
2YQligand (8s,9r)-5-Fluoro-8-(4-Fluorophenyl)-9-(1-Methyl-1h-1,2,4-Triazol 4 2.06
CITbuffer Citric Acid 4 2.00
3JDligand 2-{4-[(3s)-Piperidin-3-Yl]phenyl}-2h-Indazole-7-Carboxamide 3 1.70
RPBligand Rucaparib 3 2.10
DQVligand [(2r,3s,4r,5r)-5-(6-Amino-9h-Purin-9-Yl)-3,4-Dihydroxytetrahydro 3 2.30
CLion Chloride Ion 3 2.00
CNAligand Carba-Nicotinamide-Adenine-Dinucleotide 2 2.25
P34ligand N~2~,n~2~-Dimethyl-N~1~-(6-Oxo-5,6-Dihydrophenanthridin-2-Yl)gly 2 2.80
PEGcryoprotectant Di(Hydroxyethyl)ether 2 2.36
FSUligand 2-(3-Methoxypropyl)-3-Oxo-2,3-Dihydro-1h-Isoindole-4-Carboxamide 2 1.65
D7Nligand 2-[1-(4,4-Difluorocyclohexyl)-Piperidin-4-Yl]-6-Fluoro-3-Oxo-2,3 2 2.20
1PEcryoprotectant Pentaethylene Glycol 2 1.80

How it crystallises

Parsed from the free text 140 depositors typed into _exptl_crystal_grow.pdbx_details, out of 141 entries that recorded anything at all. Median pH 7.5 (range 4.5 to 9.5).

Precipitants

PEG × Ammonium sulfate × Sodium chloride × Sodium citrate × Isopropanol × Magnesium chloride × Ethanol × Lithium sulfate × Sodium formate ×

Buffers

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

Which entries to trust

165 entries carry a wwPDB validation report: 66 clean, 56 worth a check and 43 with something to explain. Median clashscore 4.53, median RSRZ outliers 2.5%, median R-free minus R-work 0.048. 162 have released structure factors.

Across species

OrganismEntriesBest (Å)Ligand-boundSeed covered
Homo sapiens153 1.50 116 100%
Gallus gallus9 2.10 8 36%
Mus musculus1 2.80 0 34%
Arabidopsis thaliana1 0 9%
Rattus norvegicus1 0 10%

Seed sequence

1014 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

1MAESSDKLYR VEYAKSGRAS CKKCSESIPK DSLRMAIMVQ SPMFDGKVPH WYHFSCFWKV
61GHSIRHPDVE VDGFSELRWD DQQKVKKTAE AGGVTGKGQD GIGSKAEKTL GDFAAEYAKS
121NRSTCKGCME KIEKGQVRLS KKMVDPEKPQ LGMIDRWYHP GCFVKNREEL GFRPEYSASQ
181LKGFSLLATE DKEALKKQLP GVKSEGKRKG DEVDGVDEVA KKKSKKEKDK DSKLEKALKA
241QNDLIWNIKD ELKKVCSTND LKELLIFNKQ QVPSGESAIL DRVADGMVFG ALLPCEECSG
301QLVFKSDAYY CTGDVTAWTK CMVKTQTPNR KEWVTPKEFR EISYLKKLKV KKQDRIFPPE
361TSASVAATPP PSTASAPAAV NSSASADKPL SNMKILTLGK LSRNKDEVKA MIEKLGGKLT
421GTANKASLCI STKKEVEKMN KKMEEVKEAN IRVVSEDFLQ DVSASTKSLQ ELFLAHILSP
481WGAEVKAEPV EVVAPRGKSG AALSKKSKGQ VKEEGINKSE KRMKLTLKGG AAVDPDSGLE
541HSAHVLEKGG KVFSATLGLV DIVKGTNSYY KLQLLEDDKE NRYWIFRSWG RVGTVIGSNK
601LEQMPSKEDA IEHFMKLYEE KTGNAWHSKN FTKYPKKFYP LEIDYGQDEE AVKKLTVNPG
661TKSKLPKPVQ DLIKMIFDVE SMKKAMVEYE IDLQKMPLGK LSKRQIQAAY SILSEVQQAV
721SQGSSDSQIL DLSNRFYTLI PHDFGMKKPP LLNNADSVQA KVEMLDNLLD IEVAYSLLRG
781GSDDSSKDPI DVNYEKLKTD IKVVDRDSEE AEIIRKYVKN THATTHNAYD LEVIDIFKIE
841REGECQRYKP FKQLHNRRLL WHGSRTTNFA GILSQGLRIA PPEAPVTGYM FGKGIYFADM
901VSKSANYCHT SQGDPIGLIL LGEVALGNMY ELKHASHISK LPKGKHSVKG LGKTTPDPSA
961NISLDGVDVP LGTGISSGVN DTSLLYNEYI VYDIAQVNLK YLLKLKFNFK TSLW

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 High-Yield Production of Modified DNA Enables Structural Analysis of PARP2 Recognition of Nucleosomal Single-Strand Breaks. J.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2026.169753
2026 PARP1-HPF1 structure and dynamics on nicked DNA suggest a mechanism for acute and localized ADP-ribosylation. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-026-69375-3
2025 Engaging an engineered PARP-2 catalytic domain mutant to solve the complex structures harboring approved drugs for structure analyses. Bioorg.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2025.108471
2025 Employing a Highly Potent Fluorescence Probe to Discover a PARP-1/2 Binder and the Complex Structures Analysis. Chemmedchem doi:10.1002/cmdc.202500168
2024 Discovery of 6-Fluoro-5-{4-[(5-fluoro-2-methyl-3-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinoxalin-6-yl)methyl]piperazin-1-yl}- N -methylpyridine-2-carboxamide (AZD9574): A CNS-Penetrant, PARP1-Selective Inhibitor. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01725
2024 Novel modifications of PARP inhibitor veliparib increase PARP1 binding to DNA breaks. Biochem.J. doi:10.1042/BCJ20230406
2024 PARP enzyme de novo synthesis of protein-free poly(ADP-ribose). Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2024.10.024
2024 Discovery of Potent Isoindolinone Inhibitors that Target an Active Conformation of PARP1 Using DNA-Encoded Libraries. Chemmedchem doi:10.1002/cmdc.202400093
2023 [1,2,4]Triazolo[3,4- b ]benzothiazole Scaffold as Versatile Nicotinamide Mimic Allowing Nanomolar Inhibition of Different PARP Enzymes. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01460
2023 Discovery of Quinazoline-2,4(1 H ,3 H )-dione Derivatives Containing a Piperizinone Moiety as Potent PARP-1/2 Inhibitors─Design, Synthesis, In Vivo Antitumor Activity, and X-ray Crystal Structure Analysis. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01152
2023 Structural and biochemical analysis of the PARP1-homology region of PARP4/vault PARP. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gkad1064
2022 Captured snapshots of PARP1 in the active state reveal the mechanics of PARP1 allostery. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2022.06.011
2021 Dynamics of the HD regulatory subdomain of PARP-1; substrate access and allostery in PARP activation and inhibition. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gkab020
2021 Dissecting the molecular determinants of clinical PARP1 inhibitor selectivity for tankyrase1. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1074/jbc.RA120.016573
2021 Discovery of 5-{4-[(7-Ethyl-6-oxo-5,6-dihydro-1,5-naphthyridin-3-yl)methyl]piperazin-1-yl}- N -methylpyridine-2-carboxamide (AZD5305): A PARP1-DNA Trapper with High Selectivity for PARP1 over PARP2 and Other PARPs. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01012
2021 HPF1 remodels the active site of PARP1 to enable the serine ADP-ribosylation of histones. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21302-4
2021 Activation of PARP2/ARTD2 by DNA damage induces conformational changes relieving enzyme autoinhibition. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23800-x
2021 The BRCT domain of PARP1 binds intact DNA and mediates intrastrand transfer. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2021.11.014
2020 Structural basis for allosteric PARP-1 retention on DNA breaks. Science doi:10.1126/science.aax6367
2020 From PARP1 to TNKS2 Inhibition: A Structure-Based Approach. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00654
2020 Discovery of Pamiparib (BGB-290), a Potent and Selective Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP) Inhibitor in Clinical Development. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01346
2020 HPF1 completes the PARP active site for DNA damage-induced ADP-ribosylation. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2013-6
2020 Bridging of DNA breaks activates PARP2-HPF1 to modify chromatin. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2725-7
2020 Bridging of nucleosome-proximal DNA double-strand breaks by PARP2 enhances its interaction with HPF1. Plos One doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240932
2019 Design and Synthesis of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors: Impact of Adenosine Pocket-Binding Motif Appendage to the 3-Oxo-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-7-carboxamide on Potency and Selectivity. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01709
2019 Discovery of Stereospecific PARP-1 Inhibitor Isoindolinone NMS-P515. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00569
2018 Structural basis for DNA break recognition by ARTD2/PARP2. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gky927
2018 Design and synthesis of 2-(4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothienopyridin-2-yl)-benzoimidazole carboxamides as novel orally efficacious Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) inhibitors Eur J Med Chem doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.01.018
2018 NAD+analog reveals PARP-1 substrate-blocking mechanism and allosteric communication from catalytic center to DNA-binding domains. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03234-8
2017 Structural Basis for Potency and Promiscuity in Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP) and Tankyrase Inhibitors. J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00990
2016 Crystal structure-based discovery of a novel synthesized PARP1 inhibitor (OL-1) with apoptosis-inducing mechanisms in triple-negative breast cancer. Sci Rep doi:10.1038/s41598-016-0007-2
2015 Discovery of 2-[1-(4,4-Difluorocyclohexyl)Piperidin-4-Yl]-6-Fluoro-3-Oxo-2,3-Dihydro-1H-Isoindole-4-Carboxamide (Nms-P118): A Potent, Orally Available and Highly Selective Parp- 1 Inhibitor for Cancer Therapy. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/ACS.JMEDCHEM.5B00680
2015 Timeless Interacts with PARP-1 to Promote Homologous Recombination Repair. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2015.07.031
2015 PARP-1 Activation Requires Local Unfolding of an Autoinhibitory Domain. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2015.10.013
2015 Structural Basis of Detection and Signaling of DNA Single-Strand Breaks by Human PARP-1. Mol.Cell doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2015.10.032
2014 Structural basis for the inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases 1 and 2 by BMN 673, a potent inhibitor derived from dihydropyridophthalazinone. Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.F doi:10.1107/S2053230X14015088
2014 Discovery and Structure-Activity Relationship of Novel 2,3-Dihydrobenzofuran-7-carboxamide and 2,3-Dihydrobenzofuran-3(2H)-one-7-carboxamide Derivatives as Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/jm5002502
2013 PARP Inhibitor with Selectivity Toward ADP-Ribosyltransferase ARTD3/PARP3 Acs Chem.Biol. doi:10.1021/cb4002014
2013 Chemical Probes to Study ADP-Ribosylation: Synthesis and Biochemical Evaluation of Inhibitors of the Human ADP-Ribosyltransferase ARTD3/PARP3. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/jm401394u
2013 Discovery of novel benzo[b][1,4]oxazin-3(4H)-ones as poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase inhibitors Bioorg.Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.06.055