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Figure 3.
Figure 3. Structure-Based Sequence Alignment and Structural Comparisons
(A) Structural alignment of murine SOCS3Δ with the SH2 domains of human Src (PDB code 1SPS) (Waksman et al., 1993), human SHP2 (N-terminal SH2, PDB code 1AYA) (Lee et al., 1994), and murine SOCS1 (predicted). Residues shaded in purple reside in α helices, and residues shaded in cyan reside in β strands. Disordered residues not included in the atomic model are italicized. The residues in the BG loop that were deleted in the SOCS3Δ construct are shaded in gray. Residues of the SOCS3 and SOCS1 kinase inhibitory region are underlined. Residues colored blue make direct hydrogen bonds or salt bridges via their side chains to the phosphate group of the bound phosphopeptide (predicted for SOCS1), and residues colored red make direct hydrogen bonds via their side chains to other residues in the bound phosphopeptide (only present in SOCS3Δ-gp130).
(B) Superposition (Cα trace) of the SOCS3Δ-gp130(pTyr757) structure with the N-terminal SH2 domain of SHP2 with bound phosphopeptide (PDB code 1AYA) (Lee et al., 1994). Residues in βB, βC, and βD were used in the superposition (rmsd = 0.28 Å for 20 Cα atoms). SOCS3Δ is colored cyan, the gp130 phosphopeptide is colored yellow, the SHP2 N-terminal SH2 domain is colored dark green, and the bound phosphopeptide is colored light green. Select side chains of the phosphopeptides are shown in stick representation: Val (P−2), pTyr (P), Val (P+3), and His (P+5) (SOCS3 structure) or Pro (P+5) (SHP2 structure).
(C) Superposition (Cα trace) of the SOCS3Δ-gp130(pTyr757) crystal structure and the SOCS3-gp130(pTyr757) NMR structure (PDB code 2BBU) (Babon et al., 2006). The individual NMR structure with the lowest overall rmsd (#18 in the 20-structure ensemble; rmsd = 4.3 Å for 115 Cα atoms) was used for the comparison. For the figure, residues in βB, βC, and βD were superimposed (rmsd = 1.4 Å for 23 Cα atoms). SOCS3Δ and the gp130 phosphopeptide from the crystal structure are colored cyan and yellow, respectively, and SOCS3 and the gp130 phosphopeptide from the NMR structure are colored dark green and light green, respectively. For clarity, the vert, similar 30 residue PEST sequence at the beginning of the BG loop has been omitted from the NMR structure. The beginning/end of the omitted interval are indicated by green arrows, and the beginning/end of the disordered region of the BG loop in the SOCS3Δ crystal structure are indicated by cyan arrows. As in (A), select side chains of the phosphopeptide are shown in stick representation.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Cell Press: Structure (2006, 14, 1285-1292) copyright 2006.