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Figure 5.
Fig. 5. Hypothesis for pathway of electron transfer between ISP and cytochrome f. (A) Side views showing the cytochrome f and ISP extrinsic domains in the crystal structure (left) and the model in which the soluble domain of ISP is rotated by 25° toward cytochrome f (right). His26 and Leu27 (orange) are shown in a ball-and-stick model. Distances between Leu27 (cytochrome f) and His129 (ISP) are shown as dotted lines: 21 Å in the crystal structure and 5 Å in the model after 25° rotation. The rotational trajectory of the [2Fe-2S] cluster in the proposed model is shown as a dotted arrow. Color code is as in Fig. 2A. (B) Schematic drawing around the [2Fe-2S] cluster and cytochrome f heme, showing the distances in the experimental and model structures.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (2003, 302, 1009-1014) copyright 2003.