Cadmium in PDB 1fe1: Crystal Structure Photosystem II

The structure of Crystal Structure Photosystem II, PDB code: 1fe1 was solved by A.Zouni, H.-T.Witt, J.Kern, P.Fromme, N.Krauss, W.Saenger, P.Orth, with X-Ray Crystallography technique. A brief refinement statistics is given in the table below:

Resolution Low / High (Å)	20.00 / 3.80
Space group	P 21 21 21
Cell size a, b, c (Å), α, β, γ (°)	130.010, 226.720, 308.290, 90.00, 90.00, 90.00
R / Rfree (%)	n/a / n/a

The structure of Crystal Structure Photosystem II also contains other interesting chemical elements:

Magnesium	(Mg)	64 atoms
Manganese	(Mn)	8 atoms
Iron	(Fe)	6 atoms

The binding sites of Cadmium atom in the Crystal Structure Photosystem II (pdb code 1fe1). This binding sites where shown within 5.0 Angstroms radius around Cadmium atom.
In total 2 binding sites of Cadmium where determined in the Crystal Structure Photosystem II, PDB code: 1fe1:
Jump to Cadmium binding site number: 1; 2;

Cadmium binding site 1 out of 2 in the Crystal Structure Photosystem II


Mono view


Stereo pair view

A full contact list of Cadmium with other atoms in the Cd binding site number 1 of Crystal Structure Photosystem II within 5.0Å range:

Cadmium binding site 2 out of 2 in the Crystal Structure Photosystem II


Mono view


Stereo pair view

A full contact list of Cadmium with other atoms in the Cd binding site number 2 of Crystal Structure Photosystem II within 5.0Å range:

A.Zouni, H.T.Witt, J.Kern, P.Fromme, N.Krauss, W.Saenger, P.Orth. Crystal Structure of Photosystem II From Synechococcus Elongatus at 3.8 A Resolution. Nature V. 409 739 2001.
ISSN: ISSN 0028-0836
PubMed: 11217865
DOI: 10.1038/35055589