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Figure 3.
Figure 3: Architecture of the Na^+,K^+-ATPase alpha-beta-bold gamma-complex and the K^+/Rb^+ sites. The cytoplasmic side is up in all panels. a, The -, - and -subunits are coloured blue, wheat and red, respectively. Helices are represented by cylinders and -strands by arrows. The -ectodomain is shown by surface representation of the experimental electron density. The transmembrane segments of the -subunit are numbered (yellow) starting with the most N-terminal. The small C-terminal helix (S, for switch) is light red. Mg^2+, MgF[4]^2- and Rb^+ ions are grey, orange and pink, respectively. b, The red mesh (anomalous difference Fourier map) and the green mesh (omit F[O]-F[C] electron density map) show the positions of Rb^+ and K^+ ions, respectively. Oxygen-containing side chains within and close to the coordination sphere are shown. c, Structural alignment of the Na^+,K^+-ATPase (blue) with SERCA (yellow; PDB 1WPG) in the E2⋅MgF[4]^2- forms. Yellow and magenta spheres represent water molecules in SERCA and K^+/Rb^+ ions in Na^+,K^+-ATPase, respectively. d, Interaction between Glu 327 ( M4) and Leu 97 ( M1)^17. The cyan mesh indicates the electron-density map (2F[O]-F[C]) of M1 contoured at 1.0 .

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2007, 450, 1043-1049) copyright 2007.