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Figure 4.
Figure 4: Mutually exclusive binding of Rho and DAD to mDia[N]. a, b, Observed association rate constants for the binding of wild-type and mutant RhoA to wild-type mDia[N] (a) or wild-type RhoA to different mDia[N] mutants (b), measured as in Fig. 1. c, d, Fluorescence polarization assay with 1 µM AMCA-labelled DAD peptide, mDia[N] mutants A256D (c) and N165D (d) and RhoA as described in Fig. 2. In c, wild-type mDia[N] was added as a control, to show DAD binding ability. All experiments were repeated at least twice and typical experiments are shown. e, Schematic diagram of the partially overlapping binding sites identified here and the proposed mechanism of release of DAD-mediated autoinhibition by Rho, as discussed in the text.