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Figure 3.
Figure 3. Comparison of LIS1/PAF-AH and G[αβγ](A) Ribbon diagram of the G[αβγ] trimer based on PDB coordinates 1GP2 (Wall et al., 1995). G[α] is yellow and is subdivided in the Ras-like domain (light yellow) and in the helical domain (dark yellow). G[β] is cyan and G[γ] is green. The G[α]-G[βγ] interaction involves the N-terminal helix and the switch I and switch II regions of G[α] (red). The G[β] subunit uses the top surface of the β propeller, where the outer βD strand connects to the inner βA strand of the next blade to bind G[α]. The top surface is preferentially used for ligand recognition by propeller-like structures (Smith et al., 1999).(B) A LIS1/PAF-AH hemitetramer is shown. The α[2] subunit has the same orientation of the G[α] subunit shown in (A). The orientation of the β subunits is unrelated, although also in this case the top surface of the propeller is used for binding.

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