Hi David and Faisal, That’s a great page. I would also like to recommend the “CheckMyMetal” server:
http://csgid.org/csgid/metal_sites/ In addition to the Harding reference one of my favorites is this one: Zheng,H. et al. (2008) J. Inorg. Biochem., 102, 1765-1776. Data mining of metal ion environments present in protein structures. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18614239> Tom Thomas Edwards, Ph.D. Director, Technology & Client Solutions Co-PI, Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease (SSGCID) Head, Infectious Disease Practice Area Emerald Bio Office: (206) 780-8949 Cell: (206) 495-1300 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Boston area: 3 Preston Court, Bedford, MA 01730 USA Seattle area: 7869 NE Day Road West, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 USA www.embios.com<http://www.embios.com/> (855) 4EMBIOS (436-2467) From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Briggs Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 1:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] metal ion coordination Hi Faisal, Take a look at Marjorie Harding's website http://tanna.bch.ed.ac.uk Loads of information there. Hth, Dave Dr David C Briggs PhD http://about.me/david_briggs On 17 Apr 2014 21:16, "Faisal Tarique" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear all Can anybody please explain what is the classical metal ion coordination for Mg2+, Ca+ and Na+ with Oxygen atom and the average distance with these metal ions..does the distance vary with the type of metal ion and its coordination with oxygen atom..what is the best way to identify the correct metal ion in the electron density in the vicinity of negatively charged molecule mostly oxygen containing molecule..In one of my paper the reviewer has asked me to check whether the octahedrally coordinated Mg+ is Ca+ ion..and similarly raised doubt about the identity of the Na+ ion as well..his argument was based on metal ion to oxygen distance..I am attaching the figure with this mail..i request you to please shed some light on this area and help me in clearing some doubts regarding this. -- Regards Faisal School of Life Sciences JNU
