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Figure 4.
Figure 4. Stereo view of the atomic interactions between GA and substrate. Displayed are interactions between GA and the bound substrate molecule NAcGlc-Asn at the active site A. The active side-chain conformation of residue Cys152 is shown in magenta and the switch between its inactive trans- and active gauche(+) conformations is indicated by the magenta double arrow. Nucleophilic attack is indicated by the green straight arrow. A candidate water molecule to protonate the leaving group is also shown (W). The green dotted lines indicate possible hydrogen-bonding interactions between Cys152 and the surrounding residues. The blue dotted lines denote other hydrogen bonds involved in enzyme–substrate binding. Also shown is a hydrogen bond (a black dotted line) between side-chains of Trp11 and Thr203. Key active site residues are shown by atom type: yellow for carbon, blue for nitrogen, red for oxygen, and green for the Cys152 sulfur atom. The salt bridge is indicated by the positive and the negative charges. Figure 4. Stereo view of the atomic interactions between GA and substrate. Displayed are interactions between GA and the bound substrate molecule NAcGlc-Asn at the active site A. The active side-chain conformation of residue Cys152 is shown in magenta and the switch between its inactive trans- and active gauche(+) conformations is indicated by the magenta double arrow. Nucleophilic attack is indicated by the green straight arrow. A candidate water molecule to protonate the leaving group is also shown (W). The green dotted lines indicate possible hydrogen-bonding interactions between Cys152 and the surrounding residues. The blue dotted lines denote other hydrogen bonds involved in enzyme–substrate binding. Also shown is a hydrogen bond (a black dotted line) between side-chains of Trp11 and Thr203. Key active site residues are shown by atom type: yellow for carbon, blue for nitrogen, red for oxygen, and green for the Cys152 sulfur atom. The salt bridge is indicated by the positive and the negative charges.

The above figure is reprinted from an Open Access publication published by Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2007, 366, 82-92) copyright 2007.