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Figure 1.
Cartoon of pST3Gal-I in complex with product CMP and a disaccharide sugar acceptor (yellow stick model). A model of the missing lid (residues 305–316) is shown as dashed line (magenta) based on an equivalent loop in CstII. The catalytic base (His319) is highlighted in cyan. (a) The GT29 catalytic domain is linked to the transmembrane helix by a protease-sensitive stem region. Residues predicted to be glycosylated are shown as black sticks. (b) The four conserved sialyl motifs of GT29 STs.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nat Struct Biol (2009, 16, 1186-1188) copyright 2009.