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Figure 6.
Figure 6. Flipping of PEP in the active site of DAHPS upon Phe binding. The PEP coordinating sphere shown in the same orientation in (a) -Phe and (b) +Phe DAHPS. H-bonds, shown as dotted lines, are in the range of 2.8-3.3 Å. In both forms, PEP also has p,p interaction with the imidazole ring of His268. The thin gray trace in (b) represents superimposed PEP from (a). Non-coordinating Lys97 and Arg165 (two conformers) are shown in (b).