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Figure 1.
Fig. 1. Orientation of sugars bound in the MBP site. In A and B, the structure of the terminal mannose of the Man (1,2) branch of Man[6]GlcNAc[2]Asn (13) defining orientation I is shown on the left, and the structure of MeMan bound to MBP-C (14) defining orientation II is shown on the right. Ca^2+ coordination bonds are shown as long dashed lines, hydrogen bonds are shown as short dashed lines, and van der Waals contacts are shown as dotted lines. A, a view of the MBP binding site roughly perpendicular to the face of the pyranose ring. B, a view of the site rotated ~90° around the vertical axis with respect to A. For clarity, MBP-A residues His189 and Ile^207 and MBP-C residues Val194 and Val212 are shown only in B. The conformation of MBP-A His189 is determined by a hydrogen bond between His189 N[ 1] and the backbone NH of Gly191 (not shown).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2002, 277, 16088-16095) copyright 2002.