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, but is also buttressed by an interaction with Asp281

can make one water-mediated contact to the minor groove. This is less ideal for sequence-specific contact (only one contact, water-mediated, and to the more ambiguous groove). No obvious buttressing of Arg248 by another amino acid. of DNA through fairly classical interactions. Other amino acid side chains: