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Figure 4.
Figure 4. The external nucleotide-binding site. (a) Omit F[o]–F[c] electron density at the external nucleotide-binding site, contoured at 3 σ (blue) and 7.5 σ (black). The density, located between motifs II and III of FtsY (below, purple) and the closing loop of Ffh (above), enters the water-filled channel that abuts the shared active site chamber,^13 and is close to both active site nucleotides (shown ”ghosted”). (b) Stereo view of the hydrogen bonding interactions between the external GMP molecule and residues and water molecules at the complex interface are shown in an orientation similar to that in (a). Key water molecules are shown as larger spheres and labeled as in Figure 2(c). Ffh residues are highlighted in grey, FtsY residues in purple, and motifs I, II and III are labeled. Phe141 participates in π-π stacking interactions with the purine ring of the GMP molecule (front, center). Figure 4. The external nucleotide-binding site. (a) Omit F[o]–F[c] electron density at the external nucleotide-binding site, contoured at 3 σ (blue) and 7.5 σ (black). The density, located between motifs II and III of FtsY (below, purple) and the closing loop of Ffh (above), enters the water-filled channel that abuts the shared active site chamber,[3]^13 and is close to both active site nucleotides (shown ”ghosted”). (b) Stereo view of the hydrogen bonding interactions between the external GMP molecule and residues and water molecules at the complex interface are shown in an orientation similar to that in (a). Key water molecules are shown as larger spheres and labeled as in [4]Figure 2(c). Ffh residues are highlighted in grey, FtsY residues in purple, and motifs I, II and III are labeled. Phe141 participates in π-π stacking interactions with the purine ring of the GMP molecule (front, center).