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Figure 1.
Fig. 1. Overall structure of nitrite reductase. A, front view of the dimer of W. succinogenes cytochrome c nitrite reductase. One monomer forms the asymmetric unit of the crystals. Dimer formation is mediated by the central helical segments. B, the arrangement of heme groups in the same orientation as in A. In the left monomer, hemes are numbered according to their attachment to the protein chain. In the right monomer, distances are given between the iron atoms. Images were produced with Molscript (32) and Raster3D (33).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2000, 275, 39608-39616) copyright 2000.