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In order to determine the possible mechanisms, we analyzed the interactions between the MMS6 protein, Fe2+, and GPX4 via analog computation. The predicted models found that the MMS6 protein had a direct chelating site in the region of M6A with divalent iron; it also had weak binding with GPX4. 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