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Figure 2.
Figure 2: Structural comparison of the Tiam1/Rac1 complex with the Sos1 DH/PH domains. a, The Tiam1/Rac1 complex. Switch regions of Rac1 are red; the rest of the G protein is green. Tiam1 DH and PH domains are yellow and blue, respectively; disordered regions are orange; and black dashed line highlights 9 and its equivalent in Sos1 (c). b, View in a rotated 90° about the horizontal. c, Structure of the Sos1 DH (yellow) and PH (blue) domains15 aligned with Tiam1 orientated as in a by least squares superposition of the 72 -carbon atoms of CR1-CR3 (r.m.s. deviations, 1.52 Å). Yellow dashed line indicates disordered residues in the Sos1 DH domain. d, View in c rotated 90° about the horizontal. Note, position of the Sos1 PH domain overlaps the G-protein-binding interface. Figures 2, 5 and 6c were made using MOLSCRIPT40 and Raster3D^41.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2000, 408, 682-688) copyright 2000.