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Figure 8.
Fig. 8. Disruption of the β2/β3 region interface in the Vav1/Rac1 structure. Comparison of the Tiam1/Rac β2/β3 region (left) and the Vav/Rac β2/β3 region (right). Tiam1 (cyan) forms an integrated network with the B2/B3 region of Rac1 (grey) in addition to a hydrogen bond between Trp56 of Rac1 and His1178 of Tiam1. Vav1 (blue) forms only one hydrogen bond in this region, between Ser41 of the B2/B3 of Rac1 (green) and Arg319 of the DH domain of Vav1. In addition, Trp56 of Rac1 does not form any interaction with the DH domain of Vav1, polar or hydrophobic.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2008, 380, 828-843) copyright 2008.