Table 1. TALE-DNA direct hydrogen bonds in 11.5 repeats with occupancy over 40%.
| Repeat | TALE (Residue id*) | Sense-strand DNA base | Occupancy |
| 1 | D301-OD2 (13) | C1-N4 | 47.76% |
| 2 | D335-OD1 (13) | C2-N4 | 49.88% |
| 4 | Q407-NE2 (17) | C3-O1P | 79.65% |
| 6 | Q475-NE2 (17) | T5-O1P | 52.35% |
| 7 | S505-OG (13) | A7-N7 | 66.59% |
| Q509-NE2 (17) | T6-O1P | 72.59% | |
| 8 | Q543-NE2 (17) | A7-O2P | 58.82% |
| 9 | D573-OD1 (13) | C9-N4 | 50.94% |
| Q577-NE2 (17) | T8-O1P | 74.35% | |
| 10 | Q611-NE2 (17) | C9-O1P | 62.12% |
| 11 | Q645-NE2 (17) | T10-O1P | 84.59% |
| 11.5 | R678-NE (16) | C11-O1P | 90.24% |
| R678-NH2 (16) | C11-O1P | 42.82% |
Residue id* is the index of a residue in each TAL repeat sequence. The specific interactions are in bold while non-bold denotes nonspecific interactions.