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Figure 2.
Fig. 2. Coordination in the principal Ca^2+ site of QPDWG-HDRPY. Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and calcium are represented as white, blue, red, and green spheres, respectively. Hydrogen bonds are shown as dashed black lines, and Ca^2+ coordination bonds are solid green lines. a, GalNAc complex, copy A. b, native, copy A. c, native, copy C. The two alternate conformations of Asn210 are shown. d, native, copy B. e, stereo view of superimposed copy A of the GalNAc complex (white bonds) and native copy B (yellow bonds). f, schematic drawing of the 8-coordinate Ca^2+ site in native copy A. g, schematic drawing of the rearranged, 7-coordinate Ca^2+ site in native copy B. The diagrams in f and g are in approximately the same orientation shown in b and d, respectively, and emphasize the rotation of the pentagonal equatorial coordination plane.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2000, 275, 35176-35184) copyright 2000.