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Figure 3.
Fig. 3. Main chain schematic of the vWF-A1 domain, with -strands (arrows) and helices (coils) (drawn with MOLSCRIPT, RASTER3D, and RENDER (32-34)). The two cysteines involved the disulfide bridge are shown as yellow spheres. Sites of von Willebrand disease type IIb mutations (both natural and induced) are shown as red spheres. Mutants with reduced botrocetin binding are in green. Mutations with selective loss-of-function (reduced ristocetin-induced binding but normal botrocetin-induced binding) are in cyan (23) or black (26), and a mutant with reduced GpIb binding but normal botrocetin binding is in blue (23). The mutation of KKKK642-645 in the 5- E loop also reduces binding to heparin (26). For multiple site mutants, spheres are placed near the midpoint of the mutation.