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Figure 2.
Figure 2: The HFE-TfR interface. Cut away views of a TfR monomer (a) and the HFE platform (b) from the HFE-TfR structure are shown with regions containing residues that form contacts highlighted in gold (HFE) and aqua (TfR). Side chains of residues identified by site-directed mutagenesis to affect ligand binding are highlighted on TfR in cyan (Fe-Tf binding28) and on HFE in red (TfR binding12). c, Representation of HFE-TfR interface showing the three-helix bundle and kinked portion of the HFE 2 helix. d, TCR footprint (pink box) on the structure of a class I MHC molecule. Arrows indicate the 'high points' on the 1 and 2 helices (Based on Fig. 5 in ref. 4).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2000, 403, 46-53) copyright 2000.