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Figure 5.
Figure 5. Conformational changes induced by ATP binding. (a) ATP-DnaA dimer (blue and gold) with ADP-DnaA (green; PDB entry 1L8Q) superposed on one subunit. (b) Detail, with arrows indicating movement of the AAA+ lid (DnaA domain IIIB) required to accommodate a steric clash that occurs in the ADP-DnaA AAA+ orientation (red circle). (c) Stereo view of the molecular features of the ADP-to-ATP switch. The lid movement is stabilized by interactions of the sensor II (SII) arginine with the -phosphate and enables the box VII helix to engage the nucleotide through the arginine finger (Arg230). Further stability is provided by interactions of Glu280 with the ribose ring and of the box VII residue Ser229 with Arg277.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nat Struct Biol (2006, 13, 676-683) copyright 2006.