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Figure 5.
Figure 5. Hydrogen bonding and thioester integrity. (a) The main chain hydrogen bond pattern around the thioester in bovine C3. Except for the thioester, only main chain atoms are shown. Hydrogen bonds from the carbonyl group of Met1014 to the amide groups of either Met1017 or Thr1018 appear to be almost equally favorable. (b) The same area in C3d. In this structure (RCSB entry 1C3D), a Cys1010Ala mutant was used. (c) The hydrogen bond patterns in native human C3 (RCSB entry 2A73) around the thioester in the same orientation as in (a). (d) The hydrogen bond pattern of human C4Adg (RCSB entry 1HZF) in the same area.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2006, 361, 115-127) copyright 2006.