X-ray crystal structure analysis of plastocyanin at 2.7 Å resolution

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Nature 272, 319 - 324 (23 March 1978); doi:10.1038/272319a0

X-ray crystal structure analysis of plastocyanin at 2.7 Å resolution

P. M. Colman, H. C. Freeman, J. M. Guss, M. Murata, V. A. Norris, J. A. M. Ramshaw^* & M. P. Venkatappa^†

Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
^*Present address: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
^†Permanent address: Department of Physical Chemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwar 580003, India.

The three-dimensional structure of plastocyanin, a 'blue' or 'Type 1' copper-protein, has been determined at a resolution of 2.7 Å. The copper atom has a highly distorted tetrahedral coordination geometry. It is coordinated by a cysteine thiol group, a methionine thioether group, and two histidine imidazole groups.

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