Table 2 The hydrogen bonds at the Cas2-DNA interface with occupancy over 20%.

From: Probing the Behaviour of Cas1-Cas2 upon Protospacer Binding in CRISPR-Cas Systems using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Base pair

PAM-absent system

PAM-present system

Pα/Pβ*

Protein

DNA

HDO※

Protein

DNA

HDO

5/19

Cas2-Arg14-NH2

G5-O1Pα

31.17%

Cas2-Arg14-NH2

G5-O1Pα

24.20%

Cas2-Arg14-NE

G5-O1Pα

31.15%

   

6/18

   

Cas2-Arg14-NH1

C6-O2Pα

24.46%

8/16

   

Cas2′-Arg77-NH2

C16-O1P β

96.90%

9/15

Cas2-Arg16-NH1

T15-O2Pβ

80.04%

Cas2-Arg16-NH1

T15-O2Pβ

69.57%

Cas2-Arg16-NH2

T15-O2Pβ

73.43%

Cas2-Arg16-NH2

T15-O2Pβ

53.05%

Cas2′-Arg78-NH1

T15-O1Pβ

62.13%

Cas2-Arg16-NH2

T15-O1Pβ

24.72%

Cas2′-Arg78-NE

T15-O1Pβ

30.43%

Cas2′-Arg77-NH1

T15-O3′β

90.00%

Cas2′-Arg78-NH2

T15-O1Pβ

25.17%

Cas2′-Arg78-NH2

T15-O1Pβ

72.51%

10/14

Cas2-Asn10-N

C14-O2Pβ

91.12%

Cas2-Asn10-N

C14-O1Pβ

22.74%

   

Cas2-Asn10-ND2

C14-O2Pβ

22.68%

11/13

Cas2-Arg77-NH2

C13-O1P β

51.23%

Cas2-Asn10-ND2

C13-O1Pβ

23.70%

Cas2-Asn10-ND2

C13-O2Pβ

30.17%

   

12/12

Cas2-Arg77-NH1

C12-O3′β

36.97%

   

14/10

Cas2′-Arg16-NH2

C14-O2Pα

61.31%

Cas2′-Asn10-ND2

C14-O2Pα

28.25%

Cas2′-Arg16-NH1

C14-O1Pα

56.71%

   

Cas2′-Asn10-ND2

C14-O2Pα

33.47%

   

Cas2′-Arg16-NH2

C14-O1Pα

23.00%

   

15/9

Cas2-Arg78-NH2

T15-O1Pα

73.49%

Cas2′-Arg16-NH2

T15-O2Pα

75.60%

Cas2-Arg78-NE

T15-O1Pα

66.63%

Cas2′-Arg16-NH1

T15-O2Pα

61.19%

   

Cas2-Arg77-NH1

T15-O3′α

80.90%

   

Cas2-Arg78-NH2

T15-O1Pα

85.36%

16/8

   

Cas2-Arg77-NH2

C16-O1P α

94.66%

19/5

Cas2′-Arg14-NE

G5-O1Pβ

60.83%

Cas2′-Arg14-NE

G5-O1Pβ

24.26%

Cas2′-Arg14-NH2

G5-O1Pβ

60.33%

Cas2′-Arg14-NH1

G5-O1Pβ

23.04%

20/4

   

Cas2′-Arg14-NH1

A4-O2Pβ

39.31%

  1. *Pα/Pβ is the abbreviation of the nucleotide position along α/β strand. ※HDO is the abbreviation of hydrogen bond occupancy.
  2. αNucleotide base belonging to α strand of DNA. βNucleotide base belonging to β strand of DNA.
  3. Hydrogen bonds in bold reflect the protein-DNA interactions involving Arg77.