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Figure 3.
FIGURE 3. sIBB-(25-65) domain versus IBB-(11-54) domain. a, left panel, structure of importin β- IBB complex (in purple and blue, respectively) superimposed to that of the importin β-sIBB-(25-65) complex (in green and magenta, respectively) of crystal form I. Right panel, blowup of the IBB and sIBB-(25-65) domains (colored in blue and magenta, respectively) translated out of the superimposition. Significant differences are observed in the structure of the two peptides. b, schematic diagram of the interactions between HEAT repeats 7-19 of importin β and the sIBB-(25-65) domain (top) as compared with the IBB-(11-54) domain (bottom). HEAT repeats are referred to as H7-19. Colored in red in the primary sequence of the sIBB-(25-65) and IBB-(11-54) domain are identical residues. Intermolecular polar and hydrophobic interactions are shown as red and green lines, respectively. Intramolecular contacts within IBB domains are indicated by red brackets.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2008, 283, 7877-7884) copyright 2008.