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In this study, the crystal structure of SpeA1 (the product of <jats:italic>speA<\/jats:italic> allele 1) in the presence of 2.5 mM zinc was determined at 2.8 \u00c5 resolution. The protein crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>2<jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>2, with four molecules in the crystallographic asymmetric unit. The final structure has a crystallographic <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\u2010factor of 21.4% for 7,031 protein atoms, 143 water molecules, and 4 zinc atoms (one zinc atom per molecule). Four protein ligands\u2014Glu 33, Asp 77, His 106, and His 110\u2014form a zinc binding site that is similar to the one observed in a related superantigen, staphylococcoal enterotoxin C2. Mutant toxin forms substituting Ala for each of the zinc binding residues were generated. The affinity of these mutants for zinc ion confirms the composition of this metal binding site. The implications of zinc binding to SpeA1 for MHC class II recognition are explored using a molecular modeling approach. 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