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Figure 1.
Fig. 1. Overall structure of the yeast actin/gelsolin segment-1 complex. Gelsolin (purple) binds to subdomains 1 and 3 of actin (yellow). Sixteen water molecules (aqua) contribute to the actin-gelsolin binding interface. Eight water molecules (red) form a network across the actin nucleotide binding cleft, contacting residues in subdomains 1, 3, and 4 (red backbone). The gelsolin-associated Ca^2+ ion is represented as pink. The adenine nucleotide is also shown, with the Mg2+ ion in black.