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Figure 7.
Figure 7. Common Docking Domain and ED Site of MAP Kinases Compared to MARK2
The structures of (A) MARK2 and (B) ERK2 (PDB code 2ERK [Canagarajah et al., 1997]) are shown in the same orientations after least-squares superposition of 35 residues from helix E to the catalytic loop. The common docking domain (CD, in red) according to Tanoue and Nishida (2003) is C terminal to the kinase domain and corresponds in MARK to the first half of the tether connecting the kinase domain to the UBA domain (residues vert, similar 305-315). The C-terminal extensions following the CD domain (linker and UBA domain in MARK2) are shown in purple. Characteristic for the CD domain is a cluster of negatively charged residues exposed to the surface, located in a bulge at the end of the catalytic domain (stick model representation).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Cell Press: Structure (2006, 14, 173-183) copyright 2006.