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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Biol Inorg Chem. 2012 Jun 7;17(6):927–938. doi: 10.1007/s00775-012-0909-9

Table 3.

The salt bridges formed in the structures of Zn:Aβ40 and Zn:Aβ42 along with their probabilities

Donor Acceptor Probability (%)
Zn:Aβ40
Zn:Aβ42
R(C–N)
≤4 Å
R(C–N)
≤5 Å
R(C–N)
≤6 Å
R(C–N)
≤4 Å
R(C–N)
≤5 Å
R(C–N)
≤6 Å
Arg5 Asp1 55.1 63.5 65.1 82.8 93.3 94.3
Arg5 Glu22 13.1 13.4 13.5 14.9 15.2 15.2
Arg5 Asp7 23.2 29.6 34.1 26.1 29.7 32.1
Arg5 Glu3 20.2 21.4 21.6   5.1   5.7   5.9
Arg5 Asp23 14.0 15.3 16.3 12.9 12.9 13.0
Lys16 Glu22   1.0   1.3   1.4 19.7 26.5 27.7
Arg5 Glu11   0.1   0.7   1.3   2.0   7.1 22.5
Lys28 Glu3   1.3   1.8   1.9   0.2   0.4   0.5

R(C–N) is the distance between the carboxylate carbon atom and the side-chain or N-terminal nitrogen atom