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Figure 3.
Figure 3. The antithrombin reactive center loop conformation and contacts with thrombin. (a) Stereo view of the antithrombin RCL from P7 to P6' (ball and stick) interacting with the surface of thrombin portrayed using GRASP. The residues P7 to P6' are Ala-Val-Val-Ile-Ala-Gly-Arg-Ser-Leu-Asn-Pro-Asn (the scissile P1-P1' residues are underlined). (b) Stereo view of contacts between the antithrombin RCL from P7 to P6' (cyan) and residues in and around the thrombin active site (green), using a transparent view of the thrombin surface (gray). The orientation is the same in both views.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nat Struct Mol Biol (2004, 11, 863-867) copyright 2004.