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Figure 3.
Figure 3: PDE bold gamma-/ alpha-[t/i1] interactions. a, A-weighted 2F[o] - F[c] electron density map for [t/i1] GDP AlF^-[4] PDE RGS9 (1.5 ). Anomalous difference Fourier density (15 ) in coral. b, Intermolecular contact (sub 4 Å) matrix for PDE residues (orange) that contact [t/i1] non-switch residues (green) or [t/i1] switch residues (blue). Electrostatic interactions to side chains are shown in red, to main chain in green. van der Waals contacts to side chains, to main chain or to both are shown in black, grey and lavender, respectively. Water-mediated interactions are indicated by blue circles. The root-mean-square deviation (rmsd) for [t/i1] contact residues (C atoms are in black, overall side-chain deviation in grey) is shown for [t/i1] RGS9 versus [t] GTP S (left)6 and [t] GDP AlF^-[4] (right)8. Results of PDE alanine scanning mutagenesis on GTPase stimulation (light-green bars) and K[A] (dark-blue bars; ref. 13) are shown above. c, C trace of PDE [50 -87]. C atoms of residues contacting [t/i1] switch II, the 3/ 3 - 5 loop region or both are in blue, green and orange, respectively. d, CPK representation of PDE W70 in the switch II/ 3 groove with residues that contact W70 in orange. e, Diagram of PDE /switch II/RGS9 interactions coloured as in a. f, CPK representation of the heterotrimeric complex with the five C-terminal amino acids of PDE in red.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2001, 409, 1071-1077) copyright 2001.