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Figure 3.
Figure 3. Structural Differences between c-Myb R2 and AMV v-Myb R2 and Close-Up Views of the Interactions among c-Myb, C/EBPβ, and DNA(A) Stereo view of the superimposed R2 domains within c-Myb (pink) and AMV v-Myb (gray) complexes. The peptide backbones are drawn as tubes, and the side chains of residues that are mutated or exhibit different conformations in AMV v-Myb are drawn as sticks.(B) A close-up view of the interactions between the Arg114 and Trp115 backbones and the DNA phosphate oxygens at G4′ within the c-Myb and AMV v-Myb complexes.(C) Stereo view of the c-Myb–C/EBPβ interaction site. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds and K^+-mediated interactions are represented by dotted lines. Parts of c-Myb and C/EBPβ chains A and B are drawn as pink, yellow, and green sticks, respectively. The part of the DNA backbone interacting with the C/EBPβ leucine zipper region is also shown. The metal binding sites of R1, R2, and R3 were confirmed by their high-resolution crystal structures (T.T. et al., submitted).(D) Summary of the intermolecular van der Waals interactions between c-Myb and C/EBPβ.(E) Stereo view of the c-Myb–C/EBPβ-DNA interaction site highlighting the interactions involved in stabilization of the α1–α2 loop of c-Myb R2. The peptide backbones of DNA-bound c-Myb (pink) and C/EBPβ chains A (yellow) and B (green) are drawn as tubes. Free c-Myb R2 (blue) is superimposed on the DNA-bound c-Myb R2. An alternative position for the disordered portion of the α1–α2 loop of the free c-Myb R2 is colored dark blue.