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Figure 3.
Figure 3: The Rho -mDia[N] interaction. a, Stereo diagram of the Rho -mDia[N] interface. Colour-coding of mDia[N] as in Fig. 2a, Rho in yellow, and switch regions of Rho in red. Residues involved in the interface (cutoff level 3.6 Å) are shown in ball-and-stick configuration. b, Schematic drawing of interacting residues in Rho and mDia. c, Superimposition of the Rho -mDia[N] complex (yellow) with RhoA GDP (red)27 (Protein Data Bank entry 1DPF). d, Superimposition of the Rho -mDia[N] complex with Cdc42 GppNHp (ref. 30, Protein Data Bank entry 1AM4). e, Van der Waals surface representation of mDia[N] (upper) and RhoC GppNHp (lower). Left panels show residues that are 100% conserved between RhoA, B, C, Cdc42 and Rac1 (black, lower panel), or >75% (blue) or >50% (magenta) conserved between mDia1, 2, 3 and human Dia1 -3 (upper panel). Residues of Rho and mDia involved in forming the Rho -mDia interface are shown in red in right panels.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2005, 435, 513-518) copyright 2005.