Figure 5.

Key atoms and distances. (A) Representation of the key atoms selected for distance calculations, which are the Mg²⁺, and Pα, Pβ and Pγ from the ANP; (B) Example of the distance calculation between heavy atoms of Leu485 and Mg²⁺. The shortest distance, which will be used in our predictive model, is the one between atoms CG1 and Mg²⁺. ANP and Leu485 are represented in gray ball and stick, the Mg²⁺ in a green sphere and the protein in ribbons (pdb code: 6pp9) ¹².