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===Hydrogen Bonds===
===Hydrogen Bonds===
There are five hydrogen-bonded donor-acceptor pairs of atoms spacefilled in the "Specific contacts" animation: 1 pair in the minor groove, 2 pairs in the major groove for each protein chain. Three of these five pairs were selected from among those listed by Kalodimos ''et al.''<ref>Structure and flexibility adaptation in nonspecific and specific protein-DNA complexes. Kalodimos CG, Biris N, Bonvin AM, Levandoski MM, Guennuegues M, Boelens R, Kaptein R.  Science 305:386-9, 2004. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15256668  PubMed 15256668]</ref> in Fig. 2C after correcting the DNA sequence numbers in Fig. 2C to agree with those in 1L1M. All of these 3 hydrogen bonds involved protein chain A. The two hydrogen bonds shown for chain B involve the same donor-acceptor pairs on the other side of 1L1M, verified to be engaged in hydrogen bonding by inspection. Visualization of the hydrogen atoms in these hydrogen bonds was crucial to confirm a hydrogen-bonded conformation, and required an enhancement to the "Contacts Controls" in Protein Explorer's QuickViews, a checkbox that displays hydrogen atoms for the contacting atoms (to be released in PE version 2.42).
There are five hydrogen-bonded donor-acceptor pairs of atoms spacefilled in the "Specific contacts" animation: 1 pair in the minor groove, 2 pairs in the major groove for each protein chain. Three of these five pairs were selected from among those listed by Kalodimos ''et al.''<ref>Structure and flexibility adaptation in nonspecific and specific protein-DNA complexes. Kalodimos CG, Biris N, Bonvin AM, Levandoski MM, Guennuegues M, Boelens R, Kaptein R.  Science 305:386-9, 2004. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15256668  PubMed 15256668]</ref> in Fig. 2C after correcting the DNA sequence numbers in Fig. 2C to agree with those in 1L1M. All of these 3 hydrogen bonds involved protein chain A. The two hydrogen bonds shown for chain B involve the same donor-acceptor pairs on the other side of 1L1M, verified to be engaged in hydrogen bonding by inspection.


===Salt Bridges===
In the nonspecific interaction, Kalodimos et al. report salt bridges to the DNA backbone phosphates involving Arg22, Arg35, Lys33, Lys37, and His29. In model 9 of 1OSL, the only two of these I could see were Arg22B.NH1 3.0 Å from A3D.O2P, and His29B.ND1 2.8 Å from G2D.O2P. Therefore I did not make an animation showing the nonspecific salt bridges. Presumably the salt bridges are more prominent in NMR models other than 9, but I did not explore this.
In the nonspecific interaction, Kalodimos et al. report salt bridges to the DNA backbone phosphates involving Arg22, Arg35, Lys33, Lys37, and His29. In model 9 of 1OSL, the only two of these I could see were Arg22B.NH1 3.0 Å from A3D.O2P, and His29B.ND1 2.8 Å from G2D.O2P. Therefore I did not make an animation showing the nonspecific salt bridges. Presumably the salt bridges are more prominent in NMR models other than 9, but I did not explore this.