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Figure 3.
FIGURE 3. Structural analysis of the p62 UBA domain and the binding surfaces of the UBA and mUb. Chemical shift perturbations are mapped to the surface of Ub on a linear scale of white to red (largest) (A), as described by the data in Fig. 2B. B, surface representation of the structure of the p62-UBA domain in the Ub-bound state showing the surface charge distribution (acidic, red, and basic, blue) and hydrophobicity (white). The structure is viewed toward the Met-Gly-Phe-Ser loop region. C, identical orientation and representation of the UBA domain of p62 showing secondary fast exchange chemical shift perturbations (red) indicative of binding interactions with mUb. These binding perturbations correlate well with the hydrophobic surface shown in B, comprising residues within loop 1 and the C terminus of helix 3. Ribbon diagram shows NMR structures of the unbound UBA domain (D) and the bound form in the presence of 6 eq of mUb (E). The structural statistics are shown in Table 1. In the unbound state the environment of the side chain of Gln^400 is defined by NOEs with residues Phe^406, Ile^424, and Leu^428 (F); in contrast, the repacking of the helices in the bound state shows that Gln^400 is close in space to Trp^412, Leu^416, and Leu^417 (G). In this conformation the side chains of Phe^406, Ile^424, and Leu^428 are more remote from Gln^400. A schematic representation of the two structures is shown to illustrate more clearly the structural reorganization and repacking of the three helices that occurs (H). The cylindrical arrows represent the orientation and polarity of the helices. H, free (blue) and bound (red) structures are shown with a common alignment of helices 1 and 2. These structures are superimposed in I, showing the different positions and orientations of helix 3 in the two forms.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2008, 283, 5427-5440) copyright 2008.