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Figure 4.
Fig. 4. Environment of the redox active site. a, Prx-Grx interaction and glutathione binding in the hyPrx5 tetramer. Glutathione model (shown in the figure as a ball and stick diagram) was created by superposing the complex structure of Grx3-glutathione (PDB code 3GRX) on the hyPrx5 Grx domain. Surfaces of Prx (monomer A) and Grx (monomer D) domains are colored red and gold, respectively. Redox active cysteines (Cys-49 and Cys-180) and residues involved in the Prx-Grx interaction are labeled. b, stereo view of the 2F[o] F[c] electron density map. The electron density map around the Prx active site of hyPrx5 is presented as superimposed with the refined model. The map was contoured at a 0.9 level. c, stereo view of the Prx active site of hyPrx5. The side chains of residues (Arg-126 and Thr-46) contributing to the reactivity of the sulfur atom of Cys-49 were drawn as a ball-and-stick representation. Distances between the interacting atoms are shown in the figure.