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Figure 3.
Fig. 3. Diagram of the MIDAS motif in A (A and B) and A from CD11b (C and D). (A) and (B) MIDAS residues (single letter abbreviations: S, Ser; E, Glu; D, Asp; T, Thr) in unliganded (A) and liganded (B) A. Coordinating side chains are shown in ball-and-stick representations with oxygen atoms in red, carbon in green; the ligand aspartate is in gold. In addition to the ligand aspartate, the Mn2+ (cyan) in the A MIDAS is coordinated directly with the hydroxyl oxygens of Ser121 and Ser123 and with one carboxylate oxygen from Glu220. The carboxyl oxygens of Asp119 and Asp251 of A lie within 6Å of the metal ion and likely mediate additional contacts through water molecules similar to the liganded forms of A (D). The Mn2+ ion at ADMIDAS (magenta) is present in (A) and (B). The Mn2+ ions at MIDAS and at LIMBS (cyan and gray, respectively) are only present in (B). (C) and (D) MIDAS residues in unliganded (C) and liganded (D) A from CD11b. The metal ion (cyan) is present in both. Water molecules are labeled ; the pseudoligand glutamate is in gold. Hydrogen bonds and metal ion coordination are represented with dotted yellow lines.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (2002, 296, 151-155) copyright 2002.