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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Commun. 2014 Nov 21;5:5552. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6552

Table 2. Interfacial contacts of phospholipid head groups with amino acids and their occupancy in the structural ensembles.

Type of contact, participating DMPC group, and frequency in each ensemble of 14 structures

Site in β-interface Hydrogen-bonding Salt bridge Hydrophobic
Arg117 2HH1 OC¥(51 DMP) 100%
 2HH2 OC¥( 51 DMP) 36%
Asn119 2HD2 OH^(51 DMP) 71%
 2HD2 OB£(50 DMP) 36%
Arg127 2HH1 OB£(33 DMP) 64%
 2HH2 OB£(33 DMP) 50%
Thr154 HG1 OC¥(26 DMP) 64%
Arg165 1HH1 OB£(49 DMP) 100%
 2HH1 OB£(41 DMP) 93%
 HB# or HD# CN#ɦ (51 DMP) 86%
Gly169 NH OC¥(2 DMP) 86%
Asp170 NH OF®(2 DMP) 100%
Phe171 NH OD(2 DMP) 78%
 CZ CN#ɦ (59 DMP) 64%
Ile191 HD# C1B-D (9 DMP) 79%
 #HG2 CA (44 DMP) 86%
Site in α-interface
Lys177 HZ1, HZ2 OB£(49 DMP) 78.5 %
His206 HE2 OH^(2 DMP) 100%
Ser207 NH OC¥(9 DMP) 100%
 HG OC¥(9 DMP) 93%
Lys233 HZ2 OB£(26 DMP) 71%
Lys241 HZ3 OF®(41 DMP) 100%
 HZ2 OF®(57 DMP) 86%
 HZ1 0F®(50 DMP) 78%
Tyr242 NH OB£(57 DMP) 100%
 HH OB£(9 DMP) 64 %
Asn246 1HD2 OA¢(44 DMP) 100%
 2HD2 OC¥(46 DMP) 93%
¢

Phosphate oxygen

£

Phosphate oxygen

¥

Phosphate oxygen

Phosphate oxygen

®

Ester carbonyl oxygen

^

Ester carbonyl oxygen

ɦ

Choline head group