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Figure 5.
Divalent metal ion coordinations in the complex structures. (A) A close up stereo view of the Ba^2+ ion binding site in the HutP-L-histidine-Ba^2+ complex. Hydrogen bonds are indicated by broken lines. The L-histidine ligand and the protein residues are represented by ball-and-stick models colored by atom type, as shown in Figure 4c. The Ba^2+ and water molecules are represented by cpk models in magenta and red, respectively. The electron density around the metal ion was contoured at 3 {sigma} level. (B) A close-up stereo view of the non-specific Ba^2+ ion binding site and its interactions. The electron density around the metal ions was contoured at 3 {sigma} level. Hydrogen bonds and the color scheme are described in Figure 5a.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Oxford University Press: Nucleic Acids Res (2005, 33, 5494-5502) copyright 2005.