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. 2015 Jun 30;71(Pt 7):1572–1581. doi: 10.1107/S1399004715009438

Table 3. Haem iron-coordination geometry.

The values in parentheses represent the estimated standard deviations derived from least-squares refinement using SHELXL.

  Oxidized form 1 Oxidized form 2 Reduced form 1 Reduced form 2 |Oxidized reduced| form 1 |Oxidized reduced| form 2 Oxidized |form 1 form 2| Reduced |form 1 form 2|
Distances ()
FeHis44N2 2.004 (4) 1.996 (9) 2.013 (3) 1.984 (11) 0.009 0.012 0.008 0.029
FeHis68N2 1.992 (5) 1.975 (8) 2.022 (4) 1.970 (9) 0.030 0.005 0.017 0.052
FeNI 1.996 (6) 2.008 (8) 2.012 (4) 2.020 (9) 0.016 0.012 0.012 0.008
FeNII 1.986 (5) 1.997 (7) 2.003 (3) 1.997 (8) 0.017 0.000 0.011 0.006
FeNIII 1.979 (6) 1.961 (8) 1.999 (4) 1.955 (9) 0.020 0.006 0.018 0.044
FeNIV 2.004 (5) 1.998 (7) 1.997 (3) 1.995 (8) 0.007 0.003 0.006 0.002
Angles ()
His44 N2FeHis68 N2 177.9 (2) 177.9 (3) 178.6 (1) 177.7 (4) 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.9
NIFeNIII 179.2 (2) 179.2 (3) 179.3 (2) 179.1 (4) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2
NIIFeNIV 178.9 (2) 179.1 (3) 179.5 (1) 178.3 (4) 0.6 0.8 0.2 1.2
His44 imidazole(NIINIV) 46.5 45.1 46.9 46.0 0.4 0.9 1.4 0.9
His68 imidazole(NIINIV) 17.9 25.8 18.1 26.1 0.2 0.3 7.9 8.0

The angle of the His imidazole plane against the NIINIV axis on the haem plane. Positive and negative values represent the clockwise and counterclockwise directions to the NIINIV axis viewing from the axial ligands.