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38 J.P. Glusker<br />

Fig. 30. Complexation of potassium by val<strong>in</strong>omyc<strong>in</strong> [77]. Hydrogen bond<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the complex<strong>in</strong>g<br />

agent helps assure a torus-like structure for metal ion b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Fig. 31. Complexation of a metal ion (K + of KSCN) by dibenzo-18-crown-6 [78]. This stereoview<br />

shows that the metal ion is not exactly <strong>in</strong> the plane of the complex<strong>in</strong>g oxygen atoms<br />

gen atoms [78]. Cram [79] and Lehn [80] ma<strong>de</strong> more complex molecules,<br />

<strong>de</strong>sign<strong>in</strong>g them to perform certa<strong>in</strong> functions with the specific aims of mimick<strong>in</strong>g<br />

selective transport across biological membranes and certa<strong>in</strong> aspects of enzyme<br />

chemistry.<br />

6.6<br />

Metal-B<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g Sites <strong>in</strong> Prote<strong>in</strong>s<br />

The experimental observation that there is a high probability that the metal ion<br />

lies <strong>in</strong> the plane of a neighbor<strong>in</strong>g carboxylate ion provi<strong>de</strong>s a mechanism for

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