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. 2008 Apr 19;36(10):3287–3296. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn178

Table 2.

Metal coordination spheres

Nicked bottom strand complex Nicked top strand complex Uncleaved DNA complexa



Residue Atom Distance (Å) Residue Atom Distance (Å) Residue Atom Distance (Å)
Metal 1 D44 OD2 2.2 D44 OD2 2.4 D44 OD2 2.3
D144 O 2.4 D144 O 2.3 D144 O 2.4
A(+2) O2P 2.2 A(+2) O2P 2.3 A(+2) O2P 2.4
C(−3) O1P 2.4 C(−3) O1P 2.5 C(−3) O2P 2.4
C(−3) O2P 2.6 W28 O 2.4 W25 O 2.5
W77 O 2.3 W35 O 2.2
Metal 2 C(+3) O2P 2.2 T(−2) O2P 2.4 C(+3) O2P 2.3
T(−2) O2P 2.3 C(+3) O3P 2.3 T(−2) O2P 2.3
W10 O 2.4 W12 O 2.7 W26 O 2.3
W17 O 2.3 W32 O 2.0 W89 O 2.3
W20 O 2.6 W33 O 2.2 W94 O 2.3
W36 O 2.3 W160 O 2.4
Metal 3 D44 OD1 2.1 D44 OD1 2.4 D44 OD1 2.5
D145 OD1 2.3 D145 OD1 2.1 D145 OD1 2.2
C(+3) O1P 2.4 C(+3) O2P 1.9 G43 O 2.4
C(−3) O2P 2.0 C(−3) O1P 2.2 C(+3) O1P 2.3
W90 O 2.2 C(−3) O1P 2.5
W78 O 2.2
Metal 4 D145 OD2 2.4
G43 O 2.3
C(+3) O1P 2.4
W18 O 2.5
W37 O 2.2
W60 O 2.4

aData from PDB 1R7M.