Chlorine in PDB 1qhd: Crystal Structure of VP6, the Major Capsid Protein of Group A Rotavirus

The structure of Crystal Structure of VP6, the Major Capsid Protein of Group A Rotavirus, PDB code: 1qhd was solved by M.Mathieu, I.Petitpas, F.A.Rey, with X-Ray Crystallography technique. A brief refinement statistics is given in the table below:

Resolution Low / High (Å)	42.00 / 1.95
Space group	P 41 3 2
Cell size a, b, c (Å), α, β, γ (°)	157.780, 157.780, 157.780, 90.00, 90.00, 90.00
R / Rfree (%)	18.8 / 22

The structure of Crystal Structure of VP6, the Major Capsid Protein of Group A Rotavirus also contains other interesting chemical elements:

Calcium	(Ca)	5 atoms
Zinc	(Zn)	1 atom

The binding sites of Chlorine atom in the Crystal Structure of VP6, the Major Capsid Protein of Group A Rotavirus (pdb code 1qhd). This binding sites where shown within 5.0 Angstroms radius around Chlorine atom.
In total only one binding site of Chlorine was determined in the Crystal Structure of VP6, the Major Capsid Protein of Group A Rotavirus, PDB code: 1qhd:

Chlorine binding site 1 out of 1 in the Crystal Structure of VP6, the Major Capsid Protein of Group A Rotavirus


Mono view


Stereo pair view

A full contact list of Chlorine with other atoms in the Cl binding site number 1 of Crystal Structure of VP6, the Major Capsid Protein of Group A Rotavirus within 5.0Å range: probe atom residue distance (Å) B Occ A:Cl502 b:27.0 occ:0.33 ZN A:ZN501 2.2 15.4 0.3 NE2 A:HIS153 3.5 24.4 1.0 CD A:LYS154 3.7 24.3 1.0 NZ A:LYS154 3.8 31.9 1.0 O A:HOH805 4.0 66.9 1.0 CE1 A:HIS153 4.0 17.1 1.0 CE A:LYS154 4.4 30.3 1.0 CD2 A:HIS153 4.7 17.7 1.0

M.Mathieu, I.Petitpas, J.Navaza, J.Lepault, E.Kohli, P.Pothier, B.V.Prasad, J.Cohen, F.A.Rey. Atomic Structure of the Major Capsid Protein of Rotavirus: Implications For the Architecture of the Virion. Embo J. V. 20 1485 2001.
ISSN: ISSN 0261-4189
PubMed: 11285213
DOI: 10.1093/EMBOJ/20.7.1485