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. 2016 Dec 12;17(12):2088. doi: 10.3390/ijms17122088

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The carbohydrate binding sites of Gal-8_1-186 of five structures are merged. Nitrogen atoms are labeled by blue. Carbon atoms are labeled by red. The covalent bonds from structures 1–5 are labeled by yellow, purple, pink, cyan and green, respectively. The positions of residues (Arg45, His65, Asn67, Arg69, Trp86, and Glu89) could coordinate with glycerol and lactose. The C and O atoms of glycerol occupy the same sites as C4, C5, C6 and O1, O4, O6 of galactose. A Na⁺ ion, observed in Gal-8_1-186 structures, is close to the carbohydrate binding site.