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Figure 5.
Figure 5. Inhibitor 2 binding to PKA and PKB. (a) PKA-2 and (b) PKB-2 (in the region of the ATP site). Final 2mF[o]–DF[c] electron density for the inhibitors is contoured at 1σ and shown in blue. (c) Superposition of PKA-2 (grey) and PKB-2 (yellow). Residues are labelled using PKB numbering. (d) Schematic diagram showing binding of 2 to PKA and PKB. Key non-covalent interactions are depicted as broken lines. The alternative positions of the indole ring are shown by shading: PKA (light grey) and PKB (black). (e) Surface representation of PKB with compound 2 bound. The surface was coloured by lipophilicity in AstexViewer^46 using the method described by Gaillard et al.,^53 with red/pink representing the most lipophilic regions, and blue/green the least lipophilic. The putative methyl-aromatic interaction discussed in the text is shown as a broken line. (f) Overlay of surfaces for PKA (grey) and PKB (yellow) with compound 2 bound. The indole group of 2 packs with the side-chain of Met282, but would leave a cavity in PKA due to the substitution by leucine at this point in the active site.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2007, 367, 882-894) copyright 2007.