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Figure 2.
Figure 2. Trisoxazole-containing macrolide toxins bind to the same site on actin as gelsolin domain 1. (a) The structure of the actin -jaspisamide A complex in two orientations where actin is depicted in a ribbon representation and the toxin is shown as a space-filling model in red. Actin subdomains 1 -4 are labeled. (b) A space-filling representation of the residues on actin that interact with kabiramide C (left) and gelsolin domain 1 (right). The coordinates for gelsolin domain 1 were obtained from the RCSB (PDB entry 1EQY)5, 6. (c) Overlay of kabiramide C (red, space-filling representation) and gelsolin domain 1 (blue) based on the superposition of the actin in their respective complexes. For gelsolin domain 1 the actin-binding helix, Ser70 -Leu88, is shown in space-filling representation. (d) Kabiramide C binding site on actin. Toxin is shown as ball and stick representation in cyan; labeled amino acid residues contacting kabiramide C are shown in CPK colors as a space-filling model.

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