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Figure 2.
Fig. 2. Structural representations of the determined solution structure of hSOS1 PH domain. A, overlap of 20 structures with the lowest target functions. In panels A-C, blue indicates an -helical secondary structural element, yellow indicates the first -sheet, and green the second. The RMSD (Å) for the ensemble of^ 20 lowest target function structures are, for the backbone heavy atoms (C , N , C ) in the secondary structure elements, residues 446-453 ( 1), 457-464 ( 2), 467-471 ( 3), 490-494 ( 4), 498-504^ ( 5), 512-518 ( 6), 522-528 ( 7), 531-548 ( C), 0.33 Å, for all atoms in the secondary structures is 1.18 Å, for all backbone^ heavy atoms is 1.4 Å, and for all atoms is 2.16 Å. Note the well defined secondary structural elements, and the highly variable^ loops. B, ribbon trace of one structure of A. The orientation is identical to that of A. C, ribbon trace of the same structure^ as in B rotated about the C- helix axis, to show the specific^ relationship of the N-terminal -helix to loop 3/4. There are^ 50 NOE distance constraints between the N-terminal part (422-433) to the rest of the protein (446-551). Five strong and absolutely unambiguous NOEs between backbone protons are indicated in gray between the two substructures and are (from top to bottom), Asn428 H -Ala^486 H (nominal upper limit NOE, 2.9 Å), Asn428 H -Glu487 HN (3.23 Å), Ile^429 HN-Tyr488 HN (5.0 Å), Asp430 HN-Leu490 HN (4.14 Å), and Asp430 H -Arg489 H (3.47 Å). D, grasp (14) charge surface of the SOS PH domain, in the orientation of panels A and B.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (1997, 272, 30340-30344) copyright 1997.