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Figure 3.
Fig. 3. (A) Stereo pair of the acetyl-ThDP moiety and the bound CO[2 ]molecule of PFOR and their protein environment. (B) Stereo pair of the superposition of a part of the active site of PFOR in the uncomplexed (green), and radical forms. The movements of the thiazole ring and the side chains of Asn996 and Tyr994 are concerted, and the S1 atom from the thiazole ring keeps its hydrogen bond to Asn996 in the two conformations. Part (A) was prepared using Molscript (39) and Raster3d (40); (B) was prepared with Turbo-Frodo (38).