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Figure 4.
Protein-ligand interaction. The NADP^+ molecule is shown as yellow stick, and the substrate is displayed as green stick. Water molecules are shown as red spheres and metal ions as magenta spheres. Hydrogen bonds are shown as dotted black lines. (A) The interaction between NADP^+ and nucleotide-binding motif GXXXGXG. Of note is that Tyr24, not a basic residue, forms hydrogen bond contact with 2[prime prime or minute]-phosphate group of the adenine ribose. (B) Stereo view of a detailed network of hydrogen bonds formed by Ga5DH and its ligands. The substrate and cofactor are fixed in a plausible position favorable for the subsequent dehydrogenation reaction. The catalytically important residues Tyr163 and Lys167 are shown as cyan stick.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by the Protein Society: Protein Sci (2009, 18, 294-303) copyright 2009.