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Figure 4.
Figure 4 Similarity between the reelin subrepeat and the CBM. (A) Reelin subrepeat B (R3B) and the ligand-binding domain of bacterial cellulase (1GWL), in surface presentation, viewed from the same orientation. Their surfaces are color-coded by the type of residue: red for acidic, blue for basic, and yellow for aromatic residues. In 1GWL, its bound ligand oligomannose is shown in a stick model, whereas in R3B the 'ligand-like' inserted loop from the subrepeat A, with important residues making direct side-chain contacts, is shown. (B) Stereo presentation of the close-up view at the subrepeat A–B interface. R3B residues involved in the recognition of R3A loop are shown in stick models inside the half-transparent molecular surface and labeled. Both hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions are evident. The figure was made using PyMol (DeLano, 2002).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: EMBO J (2006, 25, 3675-3683) copyright 2006.