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Figure 2.
(a) Ribbon diagram of the TRAF6 RZ[1]-Ubc13 complex. The Z[2] and Z[3] domains are modeled based on superposition of the TRAF6 RZ[1]–Ubc13 complex with the TRAF6 RZ[123] structure and are shown in gray. (b) Detailed interaction between TRAF6 and Ubc13. TRAF6 is shown in magenta with the carbon atoms of its side chains in yellow. Ubc13 is shown in orange with the carbon atoms of its side chains in gray. (c) Superimposed gel filtration profiles of Ubc13 mixed with wild-type (WT) or mutant TRAF6 RZ[123] designed to disrupt the interaction. Approximate elution positions of molecular weight standards are shown. (d) Yeast two-hybrid experiments on the interaction between Ubc13 and full-length TRAF2, TRAF3, TRAF5, TRAF6 (positive control) and its RING mutant C70A (negative control). (e) Superimposed gel filtration profiles of Ubc13 mixed with wild-type or mutant TRAF6 RZ[123] with interface residues switched to the corresponding sequences in other TRAFs: I72A (mutation to the corresponding TRAF2 sequence), I72K (TRAF3), I72F (TRAF5), L74H (TRAF3 and TRAF5) and L74R (TRAF2). Approximate elution positions of molecular weight standards are shown. (f) Promotion of polyubiquitin chain synthesis by wild-type and mutant TRAF6 RZ[123] in the presence of the E2 complex Ubc13–Uev1A and E1.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nat Struct Biol (2009, 16, 658-666) copyright 2009.