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Figure 2.
Figure 2. (a) The 2F[o] -F[c] omit map contoured at 1s for the trithymine oligonucleotide. (b) Protein-DNA interactions. The trinucleotide binds at the entrance to a channel in the interface between the b-hairpin loop and residues comprising domains 1a and 1b. The majority of contacts involve hydrogen bonds between the phosphate groups of the thymine nucleotides (5'-T1 to T3-3') and residues Thr481 in domain 3, Lys67 in domain 1a, Ser 91 at the N terminus of the b-hairpin loop and Ser141 (also in domain 1a). The furanose sugar and base of T3 stack against the aryl moieties of Tyr146 and Tyr96, respectively.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2006, 357, 62-72) copyright 2006.