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  • Title: The crystal structure of nickel(II)-azurin.
    Author: Moratal JM, Romero A, Salgado J, Perales-Alarcón A, Jiménez HR.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1995 Mar 15; 228(3):653-7. PubMed ID: 7737159.
    Abstract:
    The nickel(II)-azurin metalloderivative has been crystallized and its structure solved at 0.205-nm resolution by X-ray diffraction. The overall structure is not modified by the metal exchange and the only differences with regard to the native copper(II)-azurin occur in the metal site region. These variations affect principally the axial ligands. Nickel co-ordinates more strongly to the carbonyl oxygen of Gly45 while its distance to the Met121 S4 enlarges up to 0.330 nm. The resulting metal center structure is intermediate between those of the Cu(II) and Zn(II) azurins, and can be described as distorted tetrahedral. However, the existence of contact interaction between Met121 and the nickel ion is still possible as has been shown by paramagnetic 1H-NMR studies in solution.
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