... metal-binding siteat the interface of the two domains, which consists of four side chains: two (His31 and His79) from the N-terminal domain and two (Asp165 and His169) from the C-terminal domain (Fig. ... Mn-reconstitutedApeSOD, the metal ion was five-coordinate in trigonalbipyramidal geometry (Fig. 3A). Three of the ligands,OD2 of Asp165, NE2 of His79 and NE2 of His169,formed an equatorial plane. The other protein ... ligands in the Mn-reconstituted enzyme and an additional water oxy-gen, which, together with the OD2 of Asp165, the NE2 of His79 and the NE2 of His169, formed anequatorial plane (Fig. 3B). The metal...