Chlorine in PDB 4exx: Human Insulin

The structure of Human Insulin, PDB code: 4exx was solved by M.P.Favero-Retto, L.C.Palmieri, L.M.T.R.Lima, with X-Ray Crystallography technique. A brief refinement statistics is given in the table below:

Resolution Low / High (Å)	15.47 / 1.55
Space group	H 3
Cell size a, b, c (Å), α, β, γ (°)	80.840, 80.840, 33.120, 90.00, 90.00, 120.00
R / Rfree (%)	17.2 / 26.3

The structure of Human Insulin also contains other interesting chemical elements:

Zinc

(Zn)

2 atoms

The binding sites of Chlorine atom in the Human Insulin (pdb code 4exx). This binding sites where shown within 5.0 Angstroms radius around Chlorine atom.
In total 2 binding sites of Chlorine where determined in the Human Insulin, PDB code: 4exx:
Jump to Chlorine binding site number: 1; 2;

Chlorine binding site 1 out of 2 in the Human Insulin


Mono view


Stereo pair view

A full contact list of Chlorine with other atoms in the Cl binding site number 1 of Human Insulin within 5.0Å range: probe atom residue distance (Å) B Occ B:Cl102 b:37.8 occ:0.25 ZN B:ZN101 2.8 17.8 0.2 O B:HOH231 4.0 47.8 1.0 NE2 B:HIS10 4.0 19.0 1.0 CD2 B:HIS10 4.5 19.0 1.0

Chlorine binding site 2 out of 2 in the Human Insulin


Mono view


Stereo pair view

A full contact list of Chlorine with other atoms in the Cl binding site number 2 of Human Insulin within 5.0Å range: probe atom residue distance (Å) B Occ D:Cl102 b:69.4 occ:0.30 ZN D:ZN101 2.6 20.3 0.3 O D:HOH225 2.6 39.2 1.0 O D:HOH208 3.5 41.8 1.0 NE2 D:HIS10 3.8 18.0 1.0 CD2 D:HIS10 4.2 16.8 1.0 CE1 D:HIS10 5.0 20.6 1.0

M.P.Favero-Retto, L.C.Palmieri, T.A.Souza, F.C.Almeida, L.M.Lima. Structural Meta-Analysis of Regular Human Insulin in Pharmaceutical Formulations. Eur J Pharm Biopharm V. 85 1112 2013.
ISSN: ISSN 0939-6411
PubMed: 23692694
DOI: 10.1016/J.EJPB.2013.05.005