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Figure 1: Secondary and tertiary structure of the SAM-I riboswitch.
Figure 1 : Secondary and tertiary structure of the SAM-I riboswitch. Unfortunately we are unable to provide accessible alternative text for this. If you require assistance to access this image, or to obtain a text description, please contact npg@nature.com-
a, Secondary structure of the SAM-I riboswitch aptamer domain reflecting the tertiary organization; nucleotides more than 95% conserved across phylogeny are highlighted in red. Solid arrows represent the direction of the RNA backbone, and elements of structure are labelled as follows: P, paired; J, joining; KT, kink-turn; PK, pseudoknot. Colours used to denote elements of structure are consistent with subsequent figures. b, Ribbon representation of the three-dimensional structure. The two views represent a front view (left) and a 90° clockwise rotation (right). SAM is in red with its surface represented as dots.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2006, 441, 1172-1175) copyright 2006.