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Figure 5.
Figure 5 Comparison of ATP-binding sites in different kinases. a, Comparison of the structure of p19^INK4d/Cdk6 with those of Cdk2 (ref. 15) and Cdk2 from the cyclin A complex16,17. Cdk6 was superimposed on Cdk2 (r.m.s. deviation was 0.56 ? over 70 residues) and Cdk2 from the cyclin A complex (r.m.s. deviation was 0.49 ? over 70 residues) by aligning the C atoms in the -helices in the C-terminal domain of both proteins. Loop L5 and the linker (loop L7) (Fig. 3c), which anchor the N- and C-terminal domains together, are labelled. b, The same structures, showing only the N-terminal domain, illustrating the changes in position of the N-terminal -sheet and helix 1. In both a and b, the N-terminal domains and T-loop are coloured red (Cdk2), yellow (Cdk2 from the cyclin A complex) and blue (Cdk6); other regions of all three proteins are coloured grey. In b, helices 3 and 5 of cyclin A, which interact with PSTAIRE helix 1 in cyclin A/Cdk2 (refs 16, 17), are green. c, The ATP-binding site in Cdk6. Lys 29, His 100 and Asp 102, which together might inhibit ATP binding, are labelled, as are key active-site residues and the phosphate-binding loop L2. ATP, from the active Cdk2/cyclin A complex17, is superimposed on the structure with the N1 and N6 adenine nitrogens making conserved hydrogen bonds with the carbonyl of Glu 99 and amide of Val 101, respectively17,34. The structures of Cdk6 and ATP are yellow and green, respectively. Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and phosphorus atoms are yellow, blue, red and yellow, respectively. The structure of Cdk2 from the cyclin A/Cdk2 complex17 is blue.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (1998, 395, 244-250) copyright 1998.