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Figure 1.
Figure 1. The X-ray crystal structure of Sir4p residues 1272-1347. (a) Two C-terminal Sir4 fragments combine to form a 72 residue homodimeric parallel coiled coil, including amino acid residues V1274 to L1344 (strand A, cyan) or M1345 (strand S, magenta). Residues in positions a and d are drawn in stick model. (b) A helical wheel diagram with a and d residues listed. b-Branching residues are shown in bold, colored are charged or polar residues (d positions K1288, N1309, T1323, and K1337). (c) Residues in the coiled coil. Mutations to disrupt the coiled coil are in bold, and underlined when combined. Interface II mutants are red.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2003, 334, 769-780) copyright 2003.