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. 2009 Sep 16;97(6):1700–1708. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.05.059

Table 1.

Distances between noble gas atoms and protein atoms

Xe atom Occupancy (%) B-factor (Å2) Neighbor amino acid Distance (Å)
Ngb•Xe distances

XeI a/b 40/15 20/19 D63-Cβ 4.84
K67-Cɛ 3.91
XeII 48 14.8 T25-CO 4.78
F28-Cβ 4.26
F32-Cδ2 3.69
P52-Cβ 4.67
S56-Oγ 3.33
L56-Cδ2 4.37
F61-Cɛ2 4.21
XeIII a/b 45/35 16.2/13.2 I72-Cγ1 4.40
A75-Cβ 4.54
L113-Cδ2 4.35
W133-Cζ3 4.55
Y137-Cδ1 3.97
V140-Cγ2 3.88
XeIV 38 18.7 L27-Cδ1 4.41
V68-Cγ1 4.22
I72-Cδ 3.56
V109-Cg1 3.99
L113-Cδ2 4.36
Y137-Cɛ1 3.81
Ngb•Kr distances

Kr1 47 43.2 L36- Cδ 3.95
I72−Cγ2 3.87
W133-Cζ 4.03
Y137-Cδ1 4.21
V140-Cγ2 4.08
Kr2 32 41.6 A29-Cα 3.72
F32-Cδ2 3.53
L56-Cδ2 3.31
F61-Cɛ2 4.06
NgbCO•Xe distances

XeI a/b 40/40 61.1 K67-Cγ 4.39
L72-Cδ2 4.19
V71-Cγ2 3.88
Y88-OH 3.56
XeII 40 40.8 F28-Cβ 4.27
A29-Cβ 3.48
F32-Cδ1 3.69
S55-Oγ 3.30
L56-Cδ2 3.12
F61-Cɛ2 4.15
XeIIIa/b 53/25 29.4/20.8 I72-Cγ2 4.53
A75-Cβ 4.71
L113-Cδ2 4.25
W133-Cζ3 4.60
L136-Cδ2 4.37
Y137-Cδ1 4.01
V148-Cγ2 3.77
XeIV 40 26.8 L27-Cδ1 4.36
V68-Cγ1 4.16
I72-Cδ1 4.36
V109-Cγ1 3.72
L113-Cδ2 4.65
Y137-Cɛ1 4.14
hemeA, vynil pyrrole B 4.06

Distances between noble gas atoms and protein atoms are reported for the metNgb-Xe model, metNgb-Kr model, and NgbCO-Xe model. We list only distances <5.0 Å.