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Figure 4.
Fig. 4. Siglec-5 in complex with (a) α(2,3)-sialyllactose and (b) α(2,6)-sialyllactose. Sections of the unbiased (before the inclusion of the ligand) |F[o]| − |F[c]| electron density maps contoured at 2 σ are shown in the left panels. Siglec-5 is shown in a ribbon diagram (green), with the Arg124 depicted in the balls and sticks. The carbohydrate moieties are in yellow. Interactions between the respective receptor and carbohydrate at the binding site are shown in the right panels. Direct protein–ligand interactions with the Sia and the galactose are shown in red and blue, respectively. Water-mediated interactions are in green. (c) Superposition of the ligand binding sites of the sialoadhesin (gray) and Siglec-5 (green) in their complex structures with α(2,3)-sialyllactose. Residues corresponding to sialoadhesin are given in parentheses.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2008, 375, 437-447) copyright 2008.