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Figure 2.
FIGURE 2. Compound 9 bound in the COX active site of COX-1. A, stereo view of 9 fitted into simulated annealing omit map difference density (blue) contoured at 3 witha3Å boundary around the ligand. Carbon atoms of 9 are colored green with heteroatoms colored the same as in 1. B, chlorobenzoyl group of 9 is oriented toward the mouth of the active site; the methoxy group of indole ring is oriented up into the top of the channel, and the ethanolamide group with the (S)-ethyl substitution lies within the side pocket region of the channel. Yellow dashed lines represent various interactions (hydrophobic and hydrophilic) between ligand and protein. The hydroxyl group of the ethanolamide is oriented near the hydrophilic region (cyan) of the side pocket making hydrogen bonds with residues Gln-192 and His-90 whereas the S-ethyl group is oriented into the more hydrophobic region (pink) of the side pocket making van der Waals interactions with Ile-523, Phe-518, and Ile-517. For clarity, an additional polar interaction between Arg-120 and the carbonyl of the chlorobenzoyl moiety is not shown.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2007, 282, 28096-28105) copyright 2007.