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Figure 2.
Fig. 2. Panel a, backbone positions of the A loop and C helix for BTK-KD (green), phospho-LCK (red), and c-SRC (white) are superimposed to illustrate their conformational differences and similarities. An AMP-PNP molecule ( pink) is present in the c-SRC crystal structure and was used to mark the location of active site. The side chains of Arg-544 and Tyr-551 in BTK and their equivalent residues in LCK and c-SRC on the A loop are shown. All coordinates were superimposed in CHAIN (28). Prepared using Insight II. Panel b, the noninhibitory (BTK) and inhibitory (IRK) conformations of the A loop are illustrated. Both crystal structures were first superimposed and shown separately in the same orientation with the A loops highlighted in rainbow tubes. Neither of the activation tyrosines is phosphorylated in the crystal structures. Prepared with GRASP (56).