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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Structure of the RABEX-5 HB-VPS9 tandem in complex with nucleotide-free RAB21. (a) Ribbon representation. The catalytic core of RABEX-5 consists of a helical bundle (light brown; HB1– HB4), a VPS9 domain (brown; V1– V6) and a C-terminal helix (dark brown; C). RAB21 ( 1– 5 and 1– 6) is depicted in gray with the P-loop, switch and interswitch regions colored as indicated. (b) Docking of nonpolar residues in the switch and interswitch regions of Rab21 in the hydrophobic groove between the V4 and V6 helices of the VPS9 domain. RABEX-5 is depicted as a gray ribbon with yellow side chains underneath a semitransparent surface. RAB21 is depicted as a tube with side chains. (c) Network of intermolecular polar interactions at the RAB21–VPS9 domain interface. Dotted lines represent hydrogen bonds.