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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Inorg Biochem. 2012 May 9;115:119–126. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2012.05.002

Table 1.

Cu—ligand bond lengths in selected blue copper proteins.

P. aeruginosa azurin pH Cu-N3 (His46)a Cu-S (Cys112)a Cu-N3 (His117a Cu-S (Met121)a Cu-O (Gly45)a Res (Å) PDB ID
Cu(II) 5.5 2.08(6)a 2.24(5) 2.01(7) 3.15(7) 2.97(10) 1.9 4AZU [21]
Cu(I) 5.5 2.14(9) 2.29(2) 2.10(9) 3.25(7) 3.02(8) 2.0 1E5Y [22]
Cu(II) 9.0 2.06(6) 2.26(4) 2.03(4) 3.12(7) 2.94(11) 1.9 5AZU [21]
Cu(I) 9.0 2.20(11) 2.30(23) 2.21(12) 3.16(9) 3.11(11) 2.0 1E5Z [22]

T. ferrooxidans rusticyanin Cu-N3 (H85) Cu-S (Cys138) Cu-N3 (H143) Cu-S (Met148) -- Res (Å) PDB ID

Cu(II) 4.6 2.04 2.26 1.89 2.88 -- 1.9 1RCY [23]
Cu(I) 4.6 2.22 2.25 1.96 2.75 -- 2.0 1A3Z [22]

P. nigra plastocyanin Cu-N3 (His37) Cu-S (Cys84) Cu-N3 (His87) Cu-S (Met92) -- Res (Å) PDB ID

Cu(II) 6.0 1.91 2.07 2.06 2.82 -- 1.33 1PLC [24]
Cu(I) 7.0 2.13 2.17 2.39 2.87 -- 1.80 5PCY [25]

P. denitrificans amicyanin Cu-N3 (His53) Cu-S (Cys92) Cu-N3 (His95) Cu-S (Met98) -- Res (Å) PDB ID

Cu(II) 6.0 1.95 2.11 2.03 2.90 -- 1.31 1AAC [26]
Cu(I) 7.7 1.95 2.12 Unbound 2.91 -- 1.30 2RAC [27]

C. sativus cucumber basic protein Cu-N3 (His39) Cu-S (Cys79) Cu-N3 (His84) Cu-S (Met89) -- Res (Å) PDB ID

Cu(II) 6.0 1.93 2.16 1.95 2.61 -- 1.80 2CBP [28]

C. sativus stellacyanin Cu-N3 (His46) Cu-S (Cys89) Cu-N3 (His94) -- Cu-O (Gln89) Res (Å) PDB ID

Cu(II) 7.0 1.96 2.18 2.04 -- 2.21 1.60 1JER [29]
a

Average of distances for four molecules in the asymmetric unit. Errors are one standard deviation.