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Figure 7.
FIGURE 7. In the crystal structure of the hairpin deletion variant, all four molecules have DNA in the polymerase active site. A and B, two of the four complexes found in the asymmetric unit of the previously solved furan-dAMP binary complex (PDB code 1RV2 (15)). One complex has DNA in the exonuclease active center (molecule B) (A); the other has DNA in the polymerase active site (molecule C) (B). C and D, the equivalent complexes from the structure of the -variant inserting an A opposite furan. In this structure none of the four complexes within the asymmetric unit has DNA in the exonuclease (exo) domain. The polymerase domains are colored red for the palm, green for the thumb, blue for the fingers, cyan for the exonuclease (with the hairpin in black), and orange for the N-terminal domain. The primer strand is shown in magenta and the template in dark blue. The tip of the hairpin loop was disordered in A.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2007, 282, 1432-1444) copyright 2007.