Copper in PDB 4wz9: APN1 From Anopheles Gambiae

The structure of APN1 From Anopheles Gambiae, PDB code: 4wz9 was solved by S.C.Atkinson, J.S.Armistead, D.K.Mathias, M.M.Sandeu, D.Tao, N.Borhani-Dizaji, I.Morlais, R.R.Dinglasan, N.A.Borg, with X-Ray Crystallography technique. A brief refinement statistics is given in the table below:

Resolution Low / High (Å)	50.00 / 2.65
Space group	P 21 21 21
Cell size a, b, c (Å), α, β, γ (°)	113.480, 132.900, 146.010, 90.00, 90.00, 90.00
R / Rfree (%)	20 / 25.4

The structure of APN1 From Anopheles Gambiae also contains other interesting chemical elements:

Zinc

(Zn)

2 atoms

The binding sites of Copper atom in the APN1 From Anopheles Gambiae (pdb code 4wz9). This binding sites where shown within 5.0 Angstroms radius around Copper atom.
In total only one binding site of Copper was determined in the APN1 From Anopheles Gambiae, PDB code: 4wz9:

Copper binding site 1 out of 1 in the APN1 From Anopheles Gambiae


Mono view


Stereo pair view

A full contact list of Copper with other atoms in the Cu binding site number 1 of APN1 From Anopheles Gambiae within 5.0Å range: probe atom residue distance (Å) B Occ B:Cu1005 b:0.2 occ:1.00 N B:ARG87 3.1 53.6 1.0 OE1 B:GLU86 3.3 64.8 1.0 CD B:GLU86 3.5 62.8 1.0 OE2 B:GLU86 3.5 64.7 1.0 NH2 B:ARG170 3.6 78.3 1.0 CB B:ARG87 3.8 54.5 1.0 CA B:ARG87 4.0 53.3 1.0 CG B:ARG87 4.0 54.8 1.0 CA B:GLU86 4.0 50.7 1.0 C B:GLU86 4.0 51.0 1.0 NH1 B:ARG170 4.1 72.1 1.0 N B:THR88 4.2 51.3 1.0 CZ B:ARG170 4.3 78.0 1.0 CG B:GLU86 4.4 59.6 1.0 O B:ASN85 4.4 48.4 1.0 C B:ARG87 4.4 52.8 1.0 OG1 B:THR88 4.5 54.5 1.0 CB B:GLU86 4.7 55.9 1.0

S.C.Atkinson, J.S.Armistead, D.K.Mathias, M.M.Sandeu, D.Tao, N.Borhani-Dizaji, B.B.Tarimo, I.Morlais, R.R.Dinglasan, N.A.Borg. The Anopheles-Midgut APN1 Structure Reveals A New Malaria Transmission-Blocking Vaccine Epitope. Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. V. 22 532 2015.
ISSN: ESSN 1545-9985
PubMed: 26075520
DOI: 10.1038/NSMB.3048