Superimposed catalytic Zn(II) sites of MMP-1•THP including coordinated histidine residues (His199, His203, His209), catalytic water (Wat1), auxiliary water (Wat2), and conserved glutamate residue (Glu200) in the X-ray crystallographic structure (PDB ID: 4AUO) (red), MD snapshot (blue), QM/MM optimized (green), and QM-continuum solvent (yellow) models.