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Figure 4.
Figure 4. The Primary Interface between InlB LRR and Met Ig1
(A) The InlB LRR embraces only the top of Met Ig1 with the unusual β-wing of the long B-C loop. The LRRs are numbered, and the strands in Ig1 are labeled. Exposed aromatic side chains at the concave face of the InlB LRR and the disulfide bond connecting strands D and E of Met Ig1 are shown as sticks.
(B) Close-up showing InlB Y170^i and Y214^i interacting with K599^M and K600^M of Met. Y170^i makes hydrogen bonds (dotted orange lines) to the carbonyl of K599^M and the R602^M side chain. The side chains of K599^M and K600^M are held in place by an intra- and intermolecular salt bridge (dotted purple lines), respectively.
(C) Side chains of residues from β strands C, F, and G of the Met Ig1 domain form a hydrophobic pocket into which W124^i from the concave face of the InlB LRR binds.
(D) Electrostatic potential of InlB[321] (left) and Met (right; Ig2 omitted). In the open-book view, the surfaces involved in binding are shown for both proteins. The negative charges (red) on the InlB LRR face positive charges (blue) on Met Ig1.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Cell Press: Cell (2007, 130, 235-246) copyright 2007.