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Figure 4.
Figure 4. Molecular recognition of RNA by TIS11d and hydrogen bonding between TIS11d and RNA. (a) Molecular contact surface of a representative TIS11d TZF structure generated in GRASP51 showing surface topology. Green denotes convex surfaces. The locations of the (R/K)YKTEL motifs that form the U6 and U2 binding pockets are indicated. (b) Stereo view showing hydrogen-bonding interactions between finger 1 and the 3' UAUU subsite. The protein backbone is light blue, the RNA backbone and bases pale yellow, and the intercalating aromatic side chains green. Each of the intermolecular hydrogen bonds is designated with a number and identified by a red line and colored atoms (red, oxygen; white, hydrogen; blue, nitrogen). (c) Schematic figure summarizing hydrogen-bonding interactions (dotted lines) with each of the bases in both subsites of the ARE. The hydrogen bond numbers for finger 1 in part b are shown. Panels a and b were generated using MolMol50.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nat Struct Mol Biol (2004, 11, 257-264) copyright 2004.