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Figure 8.
Figure 8 Intra- and intermolecular contacts of the TGEV M^pro N-terminus. (A) MOLSCRIPT stereo representation of a TGEV M^pro dimer. Molecule A is coloured from blue at the N-terminus, via green (domain II), to red (C-terminus), while molecule B is shown in grey. The catalytic Cys144 and His41 residues are labelled in both monomers. (B) Detailed view of the interactions made by the N-terminal segment (blue) and domains II/III of monomer A as well as domains II/III of monomer B. Residues critically involved in these interactions are designated by the single-letter code and shown in ball-and-stick representation (see text for details). The N- and C-termini of molecule A are indicated.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Macmillan Publishers Ltd: EMBO J (2002, 21, 3213-3224) copyright 2002.