Mercury in PDB 7sm8: [U:HG2+/Ag+:U--pH 9.5] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution

The structure of [U:HG2+/Ag+:U--pH 9.5] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution, PDB code: 7sm8 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)	32.64 / 3.62
Space group	H 3
Cell size a, b, c (Å), α, β, γ (°)	106.048, 106.048, 92.802, 90, 90, 120
R / Rfree (%)	20.8 / 22.9

The structure of [U:HG2+/Ag+:U--pH 9.5] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution also contains other interesting chemical elements:

Silver

(Ag)

1 atom

The binding sites of Mercury atom in the [U:HG2+/Ag+:U--pH 9.5] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution (pdb code 7sm8). 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 [U:HG2+/Ag+:U--pH 9.5] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution, PDB code: 7sm8:

Mercury binding site 1 out of 1 in the [U:HG2+/Ag+:U--pH 9.5] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution


Mono view


Stereo pair view

A full contact list of Mercury with other atoms in the Hg binding site number 1 of [U:HG2+/Ag+:U--pH 9.5] Metal-Mediated Dna Base Pair in Tensegrity Triangle in Ag+ and HG2+ Solution within 5.0Å range: probe atom residue distance (Å) B Occ B:Hg102 b:152.1 occ:0.28 N3 B:DU4 2.5 230.6 1.0 O4 A:DU12 2.5 226.5 1.0 O4 B:DU4 3.1 191.3 1.0 N3 A:DU12 3.2 219.9 1.0 C4 A:DU12 3.2 223.3 1.0 C4 B:DU4 3.2 205.1 1.0 N1 B:DA5 3.3 264.7 1.0 C6 B:DA3 3.4 173.2 1.0 N6 B:DA3 3.4 164.0 1.0 N1 B:DA3 3.4 180.4 1.0 C2 B:DU4 3.6 247.1 1.0 C2 B:DA5 3.6 279.9 1.0 O2 B:DU4 3.7 267.7 1.0 C6 B:DA5 3.8 247.2 1.0 C2 B:DA3 4.1 190.1 1.0 C5 B:DA3 4.1 176.4 1.0 N3 A:DT13 4.2 218.2 1.0 N6 B:DA5 4.2 247.7 1.0 O4 A:DT13 4.2 222.6 1.0 AG B:AG101 4.2 146.5 0.4 O4 A:DT11 4.3 208.4 1.0 N3 B:DA5 4.3 236.9 1.0 C4 A:DT13 4.4 219.2 1.0 C5 B:DA5 4.4 244.9 1.0 C2 A:DU12 4.6 216.0 1.0 C5 A:DU12 4.6 222.8 1.0 C4 B:DA5 4.6 241.1 1.0 C4 B:DA3 4.7 186.7 1.0 C5 B:DU4 4.7 199.6 1.0 N3 A:DT11 4.7 202.8 1.0 C4 A:DT11 4.7 207.2 1.0 N3 B:DA3 4.8 194.2 1.0 N7 B:DA3 4.9 171.5 1.0 N1 B:DU4 4.9 233.3 1.0 C2 A:DT13 4.9 214.7 1.0

B.Lu, Y.P.Ohayon, R.Sha, K.Woloszyn, L.Rothschild, S.Wind, W.Hendrickson, C.Mao, N.C.Seeman, S.Vecchioni. Crystallographic pH Titration of Silver and Mercury Mediated Dna Base Pairs To Be Published.