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Figure 5.
Figure 5 (A) The surface representation of the complex shows loop 3 of U1A (white) protruding through the hole in the RNA internal loop (light blue); interactions involving Leu49, Ser46 and Ser48 (dark blue) and Arg52 (hidden in this orientation) are critical to dock the protein against the RNA. (B) Surface representation of free and bound protein structures. The red surface identifies residues involved in intermolecular stacking interactions that become exposed upon the rearrangement of helix C; dark blue identifies loop 3 residues that interact with the RNA by rigid fit; light blue identifies the location of the remaining sites of intermolecular contact.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Macmillan Publishers Ltd: EMBO J (1997, 16, 5764-5772) copyright 1997.