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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: Proteins. 2009 Feb 1;74(2):400–416. doi: 10.1002/prot.22143

Table 1.

Rotamer distribution of helical histidines, with and without bound hemes.

Heme ligand His All helical His Lovell et al.a
rotamer # (%) χ1 (S.D.) χ2 (S.D.) rotamer # (%) χ1 (S.D.) χ2 (S.D.) rotamer # (%)
m80 12 (20%) -79 (6) 80 (14) m98 869 (13%) -73 (11) 98 (26) m80 17 (14%)
m166 16 (27%) -73 (7) 166 (18) m172 591 (9%) -69 (7) 172 (14) m170 11 (9%)
t73 24 (41%) -175 (13) 73 (15) t73 1859 (28%) 179 (10) 73 (17) t60 30 (24%)
t-86 7 (12%) -164 (9) -86 (11) t-94 1114 (17%) -179 (10) -94 (19) t-80 21 (17%)
t-177 364 (6%) -170 (9) -177 (20) t-160 6 (5%)
m-64 1554 (24%) -71 (10) -64 (29) m-70 32 (26%)
a

Rotamer names obtained by Lovell are derived using all types of secondary structure, however the number and percent displayed are exclusively derived from helices.