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Figure 2.
Figure 2. 3D structure of MafG(1 -76). a, Stereo view of a best-fit superposition of the backbone atoms (N, C and C') of the 20 NMR-derived structures of MafG(1 -76). The main chain atoms of the 20 structures are superimposed against the energy-minimized average structure using residues 24 -64. The 23 N-terminal and 12 C-terminal residues, which are not well defined because they lack many experimental restraints, are omitted throughout panels (a -d). b, Ribbon diagram of the energy- minimized average structure of MafG(1 -76). The -helices are shown in purple and labeled. c,d, Electrostatic potential surfaces of MafG(1 -76). Positive and negative potentials are in blue and red, respectively. The orientation of the image (d) is the same as that in panel (b). The image in (c) is related to that in (d) by a 180° rotation along the vertical axis.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nat Struct Biol (2002, 9, 252-256) copyright 2002.