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Figure 1.
Figure 1: Mammalian SRP and Alu domain RNA constructs. a, Mammalian SRP with SRP RNA bound to six proteins. The Alu domain is coloured red (SRP9), green (SRP14), blue (Alu RNA 5' domain) and cyan (Alu RNA 3' domain). b, SA86, the minimal Alu RNA folding domain. S-domain RNA is replaced by a GUAA tetraloop (grey). The green arrow indicates flexibility between the RNA 5' and 3' domains. Hydroxyl-radical footprints of SRP9/14 on SRP RNA are highlighted in magenta^21. c, SA88, a circular permutation of SA86. The original 5' and 3' ends are connected by a mono-uridine linker (black), constraining the RNA 5' and 3' domains to stack in an extended conformation (red bar). The GUAA tetraloop is replaced by a terminal stem (grey). The asymmetric internal loop is highlighted (yellow).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2000, 408, 167-173) copyright 2000.