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Figure 2.
Fig. 2. (a) Superposition of the Der f 1 (green) and Der p 1 (yellow) active sites. Interactions between residues are marked with dashed lines, and interatomic distances (see Table 1) are in Å. (b) Superposition of the putative Der f 1 metal binding site (green) with the metal binding site observed in the proDer p 1 (blue; PDB code 1XKG) and mature Der p 1 (yellow) structures. Residues are numbered according to the Der f 1 sequence. The water molecules coordinating Y^3+ (cyan sphere) were omitted for the sake of picture clarity. Coordination of Ca^2+ (black sphere) in the Der p 1 structure (PDB code 3F5V) is shown using dashed lines. (c) Water molecules (red spheres) conserved in the Der f 1 (PDB code 3D6S), proDer p 1 (PDB code 1XKG) and mature Der p 1 (PDB code 3F5V) crystal structures. Black sphere shows the position of the metal ion in the structure of Der p 1.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2009, 386, 520-530) copyright 2009.