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Figure 4.
Figure 4. A schematic representation of the hydrogen bonding networks of (a) the wild-type enzyme in the attack by a catalytic water molecule on the C1 atom of Glc( -1) from above, and (b) the wild-type enzyme after the inversion at the O1 atom. Note that the Thr342 residue assumes different conformations in (a) and (b). (c) The hydrogen bonding network rearranged in the E380Q/maltose structure. The catalytic water molecule was eliminated and a new water molecule was introduced between Gln380 and Asn340. No interaction between Gln380 and Lys295 was observed.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2004, 339, 1129-1140) copyright 2004.