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Table 1 Mg-ATP complexes of different spin and energy, ΔEtot (kcal/mol), with the reference to Mg-O(1,2,3) distances, Å; in { } are the oxygens remote from the Mg.

From: Mg spin affects adenosinetriphosphate activity

Complex

spin state

ΔEtot

r(Mg-O1)

r(Mg-O2)

r(Mg-O3)

[Mg(H2O)2-(O2){O1}ATP]

(T1 unstable)

≥ 39.6

 

≥ 1.90

 

[Mg(H2O)2-(O2){O3}ATP]

T2 (unstable)

≥ 39.6

 

≥ 1.90

 

[Mg(H2O)2-(O2-O3)ATP]

S3 (metastable)

37.8

 

1.95

2.04

[Mg(H2O)4-(O2-O3)ATP]

S4 (stable)

34.2

 

2.07

2.07

[Mg(H2O)3-(O2){O1}ATP]

S2 (metastable)

21.2

 

2.02

2.46

[Mg(H2O)4-(O2-O1)ATP]

S1 (stable)

0.0

2.05

2.05

 

[Mg(H2O)2-(O2)ATP]

c (unstable)

42.4

 

1.87