. 2015 Mar 23;10(3):e0119705. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119705

Table 2. The table shows the calculated electrostatic free energies of the T2 pseudoknot (the folded state, ΔG ^F), the 24-nt helix (ΔG _helix) and the intermediate state (ΔG ^I) under various [Mg²⁺].

[Mg²⁺] (in mol)	0	0.00005	0.0001	0.0005	0.001	0.005	0.01
ΔG ^F (in kcal/mol)	59.52	59.47	59.45	58.41	57.27	51.64	47.28
ΔG _helix (in kcal/mol)	30.30	30.29	30.28	30.18	30.04	28.51	26.55
ΔG ^I (in kcal/mol)	45.45	45.43	45.42	45.26	45.05	42.77	39.82

Table 2. The table shows the calculated electrostatic free energies of the T2 pseudoknot (the folded state, ΔG F), the 24-nt helix (ΔG helix) and the intermediate state (ΔG I) under various [Mg2+].