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Figure 3.
Fig. 3. Detailed view of the cap binding site of the PARN-RRM with bound m^7GTP. The m^7GTP cap (shown in ball-and-stick mode) binds on the surface of the N-terminal part of the RRM domain involving the loops connecting β2 and β3 strands as well as the β1 strand and the α1 helix. The 2|F[o]| − |F[c]| electron density (blue) corresponding to the bound m^7GTP is contoured at 1.1 σ. The interacting residues are depicted in ball-and-stick mode. The guanine moiety stacks on the side chain of Trp475 and is bound by several hydrogen bonds. A water molecule mediating hydrogen bonds between Thr458 and the exocyclic oxygen O6 of the cap guanine is colored orange.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2008, 382, 827-834) copyright 2008.