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Figure 1.
Figure 1: Structure of the Sec23/24 -Sar1 pre-budding complex. Ribbon representation is shown as successive 90° rotations. Sec23 is yellow, Sec24 green and Sar1 red. a, Front view along the dyad relating the coat subunits, with the membrane-proximal surface facing forward. b, Side view. The grey line indicates the curvature of a 60-nm COPII vesicle, drawn to scale. c, Top view. The three regions of Sar1 that would face the membrane are labelled C, N and 2 - 3.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2002, 419, 271-277) copyright 2002.