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Figure 2.
Figure 2: Details of SRA–DNA interactions. a, The 5mC G base pair is shown in the front, and the adjoining G C base pair is in the back. b, Planar stacking contacts of the extrahelical 5mC with Y471 and Y483 (left image). Omit electron densities, contoured at 4 and 5 above the mean, respectively, are shown for omitting 5mC (blue) or the methyl group (red) (right image). c, The hydrogen bond interactions with the polar atoms of 5mC. The double-dotted lines indicate van der Waals contacts with the methyl group of ring carbon C5. d, H450 forms a hydrogen bond from the minor groove side with cytosine of G C pair at position 5 (see Fig. 1a). e, Network of internal polar interactions centred on residues H447 and S464. Gua, guanine. f, Network of internal charged interactions centred on residues R541 and D560. Distances are shown in angstroms.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2008, 455, 826-829) copyright 2008.