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Figure 1.
Fig. 1. The crystal structures of bH1 Fab bound to HER2 or VEGF. (A) The bH1 Fab (gray)/HER2 (gold) superimposed on to the Herceptin (pink)/HER2 (red) complex (left), and bH1 Fab (light blue)/VEGF (green, teal) complex (right). (B) Fab surface residues are colored according to the extent buried in the complex (red, >75%; orange, >50 to 75%; yellow, >25 to 50%). The underlined amino acids differ between bH1 and Herceptin. The white dotted line separates the LC and HC. (C) Superposition of the CDR loops of VEGF and HER2-bound bH1 (blue, gray) and HER2-bound Herceptin (pink) in the same orientation as in (B). (D) CDR-L1 regions of the two bH1 complexes shown in the same orientation. The residues with temperature factors higher than average are shown in red and orange. VEGF would clash with Tyr32 of bH1 in its HER2-bound conformation.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (2009, 323, 1610-1614) copyright 2009.