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Figure 3.
Figure 3. Structure of the Nsyx Domain(a) Superposition of the backbone of the 15 simulated annealing structures with the fewest violations from the NMR restraints. The three helices are labeled HA, HB, and HC. The positions of the N and C termini, as well as those of two residues in the loops (residues 69 and 108), are indicated. The backbone atoms of the three helices (residues 28–62, 71–104, and 111–144) were used to superimpose the structures.(b and c) Ribbon diagrams of the structure of Nsyx in two different orientations. Helix A, B, and C are colored in blue, green, and red, respectively. The orientation in (c) results from a 90° rotation of the structure in (b) (pulling the N terminus to the front) and illustrates the left-handed twist of the bundle. The ribbon diagrams were generated with the programs MOLSCRIPT ([29]) and Raster3D ( [37]).