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Figure 5.
Fig. 5. Comparison of the β7-β8 hairpin conformations. (a) A stereo view of superpositioned C^α traces of the pyrrolysyladenylate-bound (black), the pyrrolysine/AMPPNP-bound (green), AMPPNP-bound (yellow), and apo forms (red). The locations of the C^α atoms for residues 377–387 are numbered, with the same coloring as in each trace. (b and c) Stereo views of the superposition of the pyrrolysyladenylate-bound (gray), pyrrolysine/AMPPNP-bound (green), AMPPNP-bound (yellow), and apo forms (vermilion). Val377, Gly378, and Asp379 (b), and Tyr384, Gly385, Asp386, and Thr387 (c) are represented by ball-and-stick models. d and e, A stereo view of the 2F[o] – F[c] electron density map (contoured at 1.1 σ) around the β7-β8 regions. (d) The AMPPNP-bound form. Direct hydrogen-bonding interactions of Val402 with Asp386, and of Asp379 with Arg356, and the water-mediated hydrogen-bonding interaction of Asp379 with Thr387 are shown by pink, green, and orange dotted lines, respectively. (e) The AMPPNP/pyrrolysine-bound form. Direct hydrogen-bonding interactions of Val402 with Asp386, and of Asp379 with Thr387 are shown by pink and orange dotted lines, respectively. Gly385, Asp386, and Thr387 in each PylRS(c270) form adopt the β8-open conformation, as shown in sky blue circles. On the other hand, Gly378 and Asp379 adopt the β7-open conformation in the AMPPNP-bound form and the β7-closed conformation in the pyrrolysine/AMPPNP-bound form, as shown in purple circles, respectively.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2008, 378, 634-652) copyright 2008.