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Figure 1.
Fig. 1. Overview of the S2N51 structure and its critical location in the myosin II dimer. (a) Schematic diagram of myosin II in an on-state conformation. (b) Schematic diagram of an expanded view of the construct crystallized in the present study. (c) Ribbon diagram of the best-ordered structure of S2N51, crystallized in the monoclinic C2 space group. Gray indicates C-terminally attached GCN4 leucine zipper and N-terminally attached tetrapeptide tag. S2N51 is colored by temperature factor (see Fig. 2). The box indicates the region immediately adjacent to the head–rod junction and is described in more detail in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3. (d) Schematic diagram of the off-state conformation of regulated myosin II (adapted from Ref. 3).

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2008, 375, 1434-1443) copyright 2008.