Chlorine in PDB 6env: X-Ray Structure of AU2PHEN-Encapsulated Horse Spleen Apoferritin

The structure of X-Ray Structure of AU2PHEN-Encapsulated Horse Spleen Apoferritin, PDB code: 6env was solved by G.Ferraro, A.Merlino, with X-Ray Crystallography technique. A brief refinement statistics is given in the table below:

Resolution Low / High (Å)	104.48 / 1.82
Space group	F 4 3 2
Cell size a, b, c (Å), α, β, γ (°)	180.967, 180.967, 180.967, 90.00, 90.00, 90.00
R / Rfree (%)	14.5 / 17.5

The structure of X-Ray Structure of AU2PHEN-Encapsulated Horse Spleen Apoferritin also contains other interesting chemical elements:

Cadmium	(Cd)	12 atoms
Gold	(Au)	2 atoms

The binding sites of Chlorine atom in the X-Ray Structure of AU2PHEN-Encapsulated Horse Spleen Apoferritin (pdb code 6env). 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 X-Ray Structure of AU2PHEN-Encapsulated Horse Spleen Apoferritin, PDB code: 6env:

Chlorine binding site 1 out of 1 in the X-Ray Structure of AU2PHEN-Encapsulated Horse Spleen Apoferritin


Mono view


Stereo pair view

A full contact list of Chlorine with other atoms in the Cl binding site number 1 of X-Ray Structure of AU2PHEN-Encapsulated Horse Spleen Apoferritin within 5.0Å range: probe atom residue distance (Å) B Occ A:Cl211 b:19.9 occ:1.00 CD A:CD204 2.5 13.0 0.5 OD1 A:ASP80 3.7 12.5 1.0 CG A:ASP80 4.6 13.4 1.0 OD2 A:ASP80 4.6 13.2 1.0

D.M.Monti, G.Ferraro, G.Petruk, L.Maiore, F.Pane, A.Amoresano, M.A.Cinellu, A.Merlino. Ferritin Nanocages Loaded with Gold Ions Induce Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Mcf-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells. Dalton Trans V. 46 15354 2017.
ISSN: ESSN 1477-9234
PubMed: 29072740
DOI: 10.1039/C7DT02370G