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Figure 2.
FIG. 2. Stereo view of alternate Gleevec binding modes. Gleevec bound to unphosphorylated Abl (green) adopts an extended, trans-confirmation, which is incompatible with the phosphorylated/more active confirmation of Abl (blue). Gleevec binds to the unphosphorylated/active confirmation of Syk (yellow) in a very different cis-conformation, which is more compatible with binding to the phosphorylated/more active conformation of Abl (blue). The key residues are labeled.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2004, 279, 55827-55832) copyright 2004.