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Figure 4.
Figure 4: Comparison of template-independent and template-dependent RNA polymerases. a, Ball-and-stick representations of tRNA, AMPcPP, the catalytic carboxylates and the ATP-interacting residues are shown on the Aa.LC head and neck domains. The colouring scheme is the same as in Fig. 2, except that the carbon atoms of Aa.LC are coloured orange. b, Ball-and-stick representations of the primer RNA, the template DNA, AMPcPP, the catalytic carboxylates and the ATP-interacting residues are shown on the O helix in the T7 RNA polymerase structure. In a and b, hydrogen bonds are shown as dotted lines.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2004, 430, 700-704) copyright 2004.