... Three of the ligands,OD2 of Asp165, NE2 of His79 and NE2 of His169,formed an equatorial plane. The other protein ligand,NE2 of His31, bound to the metal, in the company of a water oxygen, from ... conformationaround the active site of ApeSOD is independent of the presence of a metal cofactor.Figure 3D shows the superimposition of the activesite structures of apo, Mn-bound and Fe-bound Ape-SODs. ... the presence of either of Mn or Fe. The crystal structures of the superoxide dismutase from A. per-nix in the apo, Mn-bound and Fe-bound forms were determined at resolu-tions of 1.56, 1.35...