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Figure 3.
Fig. 3. Phosphate group recognition by arginines. (A) The H resonances of Arg1369 and Arg1374 shift downfield upon PtdIns(3)P interaction (lower panel), indicating the formation of new hydrogen bonds. The H[2]N resonances of the Arg1370 and Arg1374 become resolved only in the presence of PtdIns(3)P (upper panel), indicating that the guanidino group rotation is impeded by PtdIns(3)P coordination. Two regions of five 1H-15N correlation spectra of the FYVE domain (1 mM) with PtdIns(3)P concentrations of 0, 0.1, 0.5, 1, and 5 mM are superimposed. Arginine's structure is shown in the upper right. (B) PtdIns(3)P moieties recognized by the FYVE domain are indicated by absolute changes in the 1H, 13C, and 31P chemical shifts of PtdIns(3)P induced by addition of equimolar FYVE domain. Atoms are numbered according to the positions indicated in (C). (C) Model of dibutanoyl PtdIns(3)P, with atom colors based on chemical shift perturbations induced by addition of equimolar FYVE domain, as indicated in (B).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (2001, 291, 1793-1796) copyright 2001.