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Figure 5.
FIGURE 5. a, wild type GTB showing the position of Met-214 and Met-266 relative to bound UDP-Gal. b, M214T showing the position of Thr-214 and Met-266 relative to bound UDP-Gal. The predominant conformation of Met-266 (green) opens up the active site. c, M214T modeled with UDP-GalNAc. The larger A-donor, UDP-GalNAc, can be accommodated by the high occupancy conformation of Met-266 (green) and not the low occupancy, wild type conformation (yellow). Atoms are colored by element: carbon, white; oxygen, red; nitrogen, blue; sulfur/phosphorous, yellow. The modeled Gal and GalNAc of the donors are shown with magenta bonds.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2007, 282, 9564-9570) copyright 2007.