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Figure 4.
Figure 4: Structural analysis of the GDPase reaction. a, Superimposition of the active sites of hGBP1^LG circle GMP circle AlF[4]^- (blue) and hGBP1^LG circle GDP circle AlF[3] (green) structures, respectively, showing the shift of GMP for the second hydrolysis step. Black broken lines show stabilizing polar interactions and red broken lines indicate unfavourable vicinities between the nucleotide in the GDP circle AlF[3] structure and the guanine cap residues as found in the GMP circle AlF[4]^- structure. b, Superimposition of nucleotide-binding sites of hGBP1^LG circle GMP (yellow, gold) and Ras circle GDP (green; Protein Data Bank accession code 4Q21) structures with the -phosphate of GMP occupying a similar position to that of the -phosphate of Ras circle GDP. Arg 48 is pointing away from the active site. Red star indicates possible steric hindrance between Lys 117 of the (N/T)KxD motif from Ras and the GMP base conformation found in hGBP1^LG.