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Figure 5.
FIG. 5. Antithrombin RCL conformation and modeled interaction with thrombin. a, superposition, in stereo, of the conformations of P5-P5' residues of [1]PI Pittsburgh from its noncovalent complex with S195A trypsin and of pentasacharide-activated antithrombin from a structure of the heterodimer (orange) (Protein Data Bank code 1AZX [PDB] ). These RCLs are aligned such that the P1 residues have the same horizontal position. The view is rotated 90° anticlockwise relative to Fig. 1b. b, stereo representation of the P5-P5' residues of antithrombin from the x-ray structure of antithrombin heterodimer docked into the thrombin structure found in the noncovalent complex of S195A thrombin with heparin cofactor II, showing inappropriate positioning relative to the catalytic triad and unfavorable interactions with surface loops.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2003, 278, 37881-37887) copyright 2003.