Copper in the structure of Plastocyanin From Spinach (pdb 1ag6)

The binding sites of Copper atom in the structure of Plastocyanin From Spinach (pdb code 1ag6). This binding sites where shown with 5.0 Angstroms radius around Copper atom. The 1ag6 structure was solved by Y.XUE, M.OKVIST, S.YOUNG, with X-Ray Crystallography technique, brief refinement statistics is given in the table below: Resolution (A) 30.0-1.6 Space group P3121 a (A) 75.582 b (A) 75.582 c (A) 32.707 alpha (°) 90.00 beta (°) 90.00 gamma (°) 120.00 Rfactor (%) 19.1 Rfree (%) 22.4 Copper Binding Sites: Copper binding site 1 out of 1 in 1ag6 Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Mono- and Stereo- picture of 5.0 Angstrom coordination sphere 1 of Copper in the PDB 1ag6. Coordination sphere was calculated for all residues within 5.0 Angstroms distance from the central Copper atom, shown by VdW sphere Residues shown as a stick model or VDW spheres: A: Pro36, A: His37, A: Asn38, A: Cys84, A: Pro86, A: His87, A: Met92, conact list: Atom Atom Distance (A) Cu O A:Pro36 3.47 Cu C A:Pro36 4.33 Cu NE2 A:His37 4.02 Cu N A:His37 4.38 Cu CB A:His37 3.43 Cu ND1 A:His37 1.96 Cu CD2 A:His37 4.12 Cu C A:His37 4.67 Cu CE1 A:His37 2.86 Cu CG A:His37 3.03 Cu CA A:His37 3.53 Cu N A:Asn38 4.67 Cu O A:Cys84 4.90 Cu CB A:Cys84 3.19 Cu SG A:Cys84 2.15 Cu C A:Cys84 4.90 Cu CA A:Cys84 4.57 Cu CG A:Pro86 4.48 Cu NE2 A:His87 4.10 Cu N A:His87 4.46 Cu CB A:His87 3.43 Cu ND1 A:His87 2.01 Cu CD2 A:His87 4.16 Cu CE1 A:His87 2.95 Cu CG A:His87 3.04 Cu CA A:His87 4.60 Cu CB A:Met92 4.73 Cu CE A:Met92 3.62 Cu CG A:Met92 4.31 Cu SD A:Met92 2.88 interactive model: