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Figure 5.
Fig. 5. (a) Structural alignment of the active sites of Nt.BspD6I (red), ss.BspD6I (green), FokI (marine) and BamHI (grey). The segments 418–489 (Nt.BspD6I), 22–93 (ss.BspD6I), 425–488 (1FOK), 61–134 (2BAM) are depicted as cartoons, omitting for each structure the loop between the first and the second β-strand. Putative catalytic residues are shown as sticks, the calcium ion sites A and B of 2BAM as spheres. (b) Hydrogen bonding network in the catalytic center of the Nt.BspD6I cleavage domain. The residues E418, D456, E469 and E482 are essential for DNA cleavage activity.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2008, 384, 489-502) copyright 2008.