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Figure 4.
Structural similarity between HinP1I and MspI (A) Schematic diagram of MspI-DNA interactions, reproduced and modified from Xu et al. (5). Solid lines indicate direct hydrogen bonds, dotted lines indicate water-mediated hydrogen bonds and `mc' indicates interaction involving main chain atom. (B) Residues potentially important for DNA base specific recognition: superimposition of residues of HinP1I (green) and MspI (cyan). (C) Residues potentially important for catalysis: superimposition of active site residues of HinP1I (green), MspI (cyan) and EcoRV (grey). Four residues belong to a common motif of E......PDX[15]DXK (EcoRV), E......SDX[18]QXK (HinP1I) and E......TDX[17]NXK (MspI).