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Figure 5.
Figure 5. Structural "snapshots" of the PSP reaction cycle in the active site. (a) The PSP reaction cycle. (b) Structure and models in the active site. (I) The apo-enzyme structure. (II) The substrate, PLS, bound structure, using mutant D11N. (III) The model of Ser bound transition state structural analogue. A Ser molecule was modeled in the AlF[3]-PSP active site. (IV) Phospho-aspartyl enzyme intermediate structural analogue. The PSP+BeF[3]^ - complex. (V) The transition state structural analogue. AlF[3]-PSP complex. (VI) The product, Pi, bound structure.