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Figure 2.
Figure 2. The Activation Loop and Substrate Binding(a) The structure of CDK2 (red) with a substrate peptide (purple) and a nonhydrolizable analog of ATP (labeled ATP; only the terminal phosphate group is visible; PDB code 1QMZ; [28]). Ser 5 is the phosphorylatable serine in the substrate. Lysine 8 from the substrate peptide interacts with phosphothreonine 160.(b) Superposed structures of CDK2 (red), ERK2 (yellow; PDB code 2ERK; [27]) and GSK-3 (green; FS crystal form). The sulfate in GSK-3 is labeled and superposes on phosphothreonine residues in CDK2 and ERK2.(c) Coordinates of GSK-3 (green) are shown with a substrate peptide (blue) modeled in the active site. The peptide has been modeled on the peptide in the CDK2 crystal structure (a) with the phosphothreonine residue at position 9 modeled with its phosphate group occupying the position occupied by the sulfate in the crystal structure of the FS crystal form of GSK-3. The figure was drawn with GRASP [47].

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Cell Press: Structure (2001, 9, 1143-1152) copyright 2001.