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Figure 3.
Figure 3: The active site. a, The nucleotide and relevant residues of Ran and RanGAP; interactions are indicated by dashed lines. The catalytic water ('W') has very weak density (probably owing to the limited resolution) and was not included in the final model, but is shown here to illustrate its potential interaction partners. It sits in a similar position as in the Ras–RasGAP complex. Asterisk denotes the hydroxyl group of Thr 42 of Ran. The rest of the side chain is omitted for clarity. b, The 2F[o] - F[c] electron density map contoured at 1.6 for the structure with GDP and aluminium fluoride, the latter modelled as AlF[3].