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Figure 3.
Figure 3: The binding sites for ligand-mimetic antagonists and fibrinogen at the alpha-/ beta-subunit interface. a, Mapping of fibrinogen binding sensitive mutations20,49,50 in [IIb] [3]. C atoms of fibrinogen-binding sensitive residues are shown as spheres in the same colour as the domains in which they are present. The tirofiban-bound structure is shown. b -f, Binding of ligands or pseudoligands to [IIb] [3] (b -e) and binding of (f) cyclo Arg-Gly-Asp-D-Phe-N-methyl-Val (cyclo RGDfV) to [V] [3] (ref. 8). The orientation is identical to that in a. The and subunits are shown in magenta and cyan, respectively. Small molecules are shown as ball-and-stick models with their carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur and arsenic atoms coloured yellow, blue, red, green and grey, respectively. Hydrogen bonds are shown as dotted lines. Ca^2+ and Mg2+ ions are gold and silver spheres, respectively. The ligand and S123 coordinations to the MIDAS metal are shown as thin grey lines.