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Figure 4.
Figure 4. Interactions between Mad2 and p31^comet
(A) Ribbon diagrams of the Mad2-p31^comet complex. Two different views are shown to provide a clearer perspective of the Mad2-p31^comet interface. Helix αC in Mad2 is colored cyan to highlight its central role in establishing interactions between Mad2 and p31^comet. Three main patches of interactions at the Mad2-p31^comet interface are labeled and circled with red dashed lines.
(B–D) Interactions between Mad2 and p31^comet. The side chains of contacting residues are shown as sticks. Nitrogen and oxygen atoms are colored blue and red, respectively. Mad2 carbons are colored yellow and p31^comet carbons are colored gray and labeled in italics. The tightly bound water molecules are drawn as red spheres in (C).

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Cell Press: Cell (2007, 131, 744-755) copyright 2007.