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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Stereo view of the quarternary assembly of isoaspartyl dipeptidase (IadA). (a) The octamer can be regarded as a tetramer of dimers with the indicated 422 symmetry. The nomenclature of the monomers as well as the location of the active site zincs (magenta spheres) are given. The monomers in the foreground are colored in light green (A), orange (B), green (C), and blue (D), the monomers in the background are colored in gray. Dimers are formed between molecules A-E, B-F, C-G and D-H, respectively. (b) Surface of isoaspartyl dipeptidase. The electrostatic potential was calculated with GRASP,[48.] using charges according to Weiner and co-workers. [50.]

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2003, 332, 243-256) copyright 2003.