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. 1999 Dec 7;96(25):14330–14335. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.25.14330

Table 3.

Electrostatic interactions between hapten and antibody

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kcal/mol
Germ line Mature
Head (1) 18.4 (0.3) 2.8 (0.3)
Phosphonate (2) −187.6 (0.9) −234.4 (0.8)
Tail (3) −135.8 (2.1) −117.5 (1.4)
Total −304.9 (2.5) −349.1 (1.5)

Results are mean interaction energies (in kcal/mol) and SEM from 50 configurations. Note that the values in the row labeled “totals” correspond to the 〈ΔEelec〉 and 〈ΔEvdW〉 values shown in Table 1