Mercury in PDB 8dx1: [C:HG2+/Ag+:C--pH 7 Mops] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution in Mops

The structure of [C:HG2+/Ag+:C--pH 7 Mops] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution in Mops, PDB code: 8dx1 was solved by B.Lu, S.Vecchioni, N.C.Seeman, R.Sha, Y.P.Ohayon, with X-Ray Crystallography technique. A brief refinement statistics is given in the table below:

Resolution Low / High (Å)	39.72 / 4.79
Space group	H 3
Cell size a, b, c (Å), α, β, γ (°)	106.18, 106.18, 88.077, 90, 90, 120
R / Rfree (%)	24.5 / 28.9

The structure of [C:HG2+/Ag+:C--pH 7 Mops] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution in Mops also contains other interesting chemical elements:

Silver

(Ag)

1 atom

The binding sites of Mercury atom in the [C:HG2+/Ag+:C--pH 7 Mops] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution in Mops (pdb code 8dx1). This binding sites where shown within 5.0 Angstroms radius around Mercury atom.
In total only one binding site of Mercury was determined in the [C:HG2+/Ag+:C--pH 7 Mops] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution in Mops, PDB code: 8dx1:

Mercury binding site 1 out of 1 in the [C:HG2+/Ag+:C--pH 7 Mops] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution in Mops


Mono view


Stereo pair view

A full contact list of Mercury with other atoms in the Hg binding site number 1 of [C:HG2+/Ag+:C--pH 7 Mops] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution in Mops within 5.0Å range: probe atom residue distance (Å) B Occ B:Hg101 b:229.3 occ:0.58 N4 B:DC4 3.4 170.0 1.0 N4 A:DC12 3.6 178.1 1.0 C7 A:DT11 3.9 161.8 1.0 AG B:AG102 4.1 136.3 1.0 N6 B:DA3 4.4 171.2 1.0 O4 A:DT11 4.5 121.2 1.0 C5 A:DT11 4.6 161.0 1.0 C4 B:DC4 4.7 170.6 1.0 C4 A:DT11 4.8 134.8 1.0 N7 B:DA3 4.9 171.8 1.0 C4 A:DC12 5.0 179.1 1.0

B.Lu, Y.P.Ohayon, K.Woloszyn, C.F.Yang, J.B.Yoder, L.J.Rothschild, S.J.Wind, W.A.Hendrickson, C.Mao, N.C.Seeman, J.W.Canary, R.Sha, S.Vecchioni. Heterobimetallic Base Pair Programming in Designer 3D Dna Crystals. J.Am.Chem.Soc. 2023.
ISSN: ESSN 1520-5126
PubMed: 37530628
DOI: 10.1021/JACS.3C05478