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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Structures of glucosamine 6-phosphate deaminase from P. furiosus. (A) A polypeptide chain consisted of two similar five-stranded subdomains and C-terminal tail. N-terminal subdomain (red and yellow) and C-terminal subdomain (blue and magenta) were linked by short loop (gray) were followed by long C-terminal coil region (gray). (B) Twofold symmetrical interaction of two polypeptide chains (green and blue). A helix (yellow) from one chain interacts a cleft between N- and C-terminal subdomains of another chain (B_Nt and B_Ct) forming an active site (red circle). (C) A substrate, glucosamine 6-phosphate (yellow) from crystal structure of the isomerase of E. coli GlmS was superimposed on the active site of GlmD consisted of both monomers (green and blue). (D) C-terminal tail covers the substrate-binding site between two monomers (blue and green). Glucosamine 6-phosphate is placed to the binding pocket. Residue from other than a molecule containing sugar-binding site are indicated by asterisk. Residues D320, R324, and W325 from C-terminal region interact to K230, R226, and W249 from another monomer.