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Figure 4.
FIG. 4. Schematic of the main channel illustrating the presence of a negative charge (in green) on the side chain of Glu181 and a positive charge (in green) on the heme iron and the effect of the electrical potential between these two charges on the electrical dipoles of water in the channel and active site. The orientation of the electrical dipoles is indicated by the green arrow over each H[2]O. The location of the water molecules are those in subunit A of variant D181E.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2003, 278, 31290-31296) copyright 2003.