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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Structure of CLC-ec1. (a) Ribbon representation of the homodimer, with the two subunits colored in red and gray and the extracellular side on top. Green spheres represent Cl^− ions at the inner and central positions. (b) The Cl^− binding region in a view similar to (a). Atoms of the protein backbone (N, C, CA) and selected side-chains are shown. The two H^+-transfer glutamate side-chains are highlighted in yellow. The Cl^− ions bound to the inner and central' site are shown as green spheres. The three ion binding sites are labeled. Putative trajectories for Cl^− (green) and H^+ (red) are shown as broken curves. Figure 1. Structure of CLC-ec1. (a) Ribbon representation of the homodimer, with the two subunits colored in red and gray and the extracellular side on top. Green spheres represent Cl^− ions at the inner and central positions. (b) The Cl^− binding region in a view similar to (a). Atoms of the protein backbone (N, C, CA) and selected side-chains are shown. The two H^+-transfer glutamate side-chains are highlighted in yellow. The Cl^− ions bound to the inner and central' site are shown as green spheres. The three ion binding sites are labeled. Putative trajectories for Cl^− (green) and H^+ (red) are shown as broken curves.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2006, 362, 691-699) copyright 2006.