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Figure 3.
Figure 3 Comparison of cap-binding pockets. m7G-cap-binding pockets of CBP20, eIF4E and the viral nucleoside 2'-O-methyltransferase (VP39) are presented in comparison to the m[3]G-cap-binding pocket of snurportin1. Side chains of residues interacting with the caps are depicted in ball-and-stick mode. Atoms of the caps and the interacting side chains are coloured as described in Figure 1, with the exception of carbon atoms of the dinucleotide, which are shown in orange. In all presented cases, the residues stacking the bases and those forming hydrogen bonds with the cap bases are depicted. Hydrogen bonds are shown as dashed grey lines.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Macmillan Publishers Ltd: EMBO J (2005, 24, 2235-2243) copyright 2005.