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Figure 4.
Fig. 4. Coenzyme binding pocket. (A) Molecular surface of the glmS ribozyme (orientation corresponds to Fig. 1B). Nucleotides >90% conserved are colored green. Atomic spheres are shown for Glc6P and the Mg^2+ ion that coordinates its phosphate. (B) Expanded view of the Glc6P binding pocket. (C) Portion of the Glc6P-bound, 2'-deoxy A^(–1) precleavage structure superimposed on the residual simulated-annealing omit |F[o]| – |F[c]| electron density map contoured at 2.5 [orientation is rotated slightly from (A)] and a stick figure of the bound Glc6P. Hydrogen bonding interactions involving Glc6P and two active site water molecules (red spheres) are shown. The position of a modeled 2'-OH of A^(–1) is shown to indicate its proximity to one of the two buried waters.