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Figure 1.
Fig. 1. MOLSCRIPT diagrams (15, 16) of pNB esterases looking into the active site cavity, showing loops that are not visible in the electron density as dashed lines and loops that reorganize most significantly in gold. The catalytic triad is shown in red and mutations are shown in blue. (A) The WT structure with secondary structural elements labeled. (B) The 5-6c8 structure. (C) The 8g8 structure, rotated slightly from the others to clarify the location of the mutations. (D) A wall-eyed stereo overlay of the C[ ]positions of the three structures, oriented as in A and B. WT is shown in blue, organophile 5-6c8 in green, and thermophile 8g8 in purple.