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Figure 4.
Figure 4: Recognition of loop A by finger 6. a, Structure of loop A. Three colours are used to indicate the three-way junction, blue and purple as in Figs 2 and 3, but with nucleotides 64-68 in orange. b, Interaction of loop A with the N terminus of the helix of finger 6. Peptide side chains are shown in yellow. The ring of Trp 177 docks on the face of base 11A, and the two flanking residues, Thr 176 and Thr 178, make hydrogen bonds to base 10C. Trp 177 also makes a hydrogen bond to the ribose of 13A.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2003, 426, 96-0) copyright 2003.