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. 2006 Feb 2;34(2):697–708. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkj470

Table 3.

Hydration sites visible at the contour level of 30 (7× higher bulk density) in ECOLI and RAT simulations

Name of common hydration site Atoms (ECOLI) Atoms (RAT) Maximum residency time (ns) Average residency time (ns)
I N3(G2659), N6(A2662), N7(A2662) N3(G4323), N6(A4326), N7(A4326) 2.5 0.5–1.0
IIa–IIc 2.0 0.5–1.0
IId N2(G2664), O2P(U2656), O2P(A2657) N2(G4328), O2P(U4320), O2P(A4321) 1.0 0.5
N3(A2657), O2′(A2657) N3(A4321), O2′(A4321) 0.7 0.1–0.5
IV O2P(C2652), O2P(U2653), O2′(A2654) O2P(U4316), O2P(C4317), O2′(A4318) 0.7 0.1–0.5
V N3(A2654), N3(G2655) N3(A4318), N3(G4319) 2.0a/4.0b 1.0a/1.0–2.0b
S O2P(U2653), O2P(G2655) O2P(C4317), O2P(G4319) 0.5 0.1–0.3
S O1P(U2653), O1P(G2655) O1P(C4317), O1P(G4319) 0.5 0.1–0.3

Name of specific ECOLI hydration site Atoms Maximum binding time (ns) Average binding time (ns)

IVuc N3(U2653), N4(C2667), O2P(C2666) 4.8 1.0-2.0
IVac N6(A2654), N7(A2654), N4(C2666) 1.0 0.5
IIIc O6(G2659), O6(G2663), O2P(A2662), ion 1.1 0.5
VI N7(G2668), O2P(C2667), ion 1.2 0.5

Hydration sites with longest residency times are in boldface.

aECOLI simulations.

bRAT simulations.