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Figure 5.
RelB induced conformation change in the active site of RelE. A, active conformation of the E. coli RelE mRNA-binding site in the absence of RelB antitoxin. The side chain of Arg^81 was modeled based on the orientation of Ala^81 in the structure of RelE^R81A/R83A. B, active site of RNase SA shows the catalytic triad (Glu^54, Arg^69, and His^85) and the hydrophobic site (Phe^37 and Tyr^86) for base packing. C, catalytic site of YoeB in the YefM-free conformation shows the catalytic triad (Glu^46, Arg^65, and His^83) and base anchor residues (Leu^48, Leu^52, and Tyr^84). D, putative mRNA-binding site of E. coli RelE in the presence of RelB[C] shows a large conformation disruption to the active site. The side chain of Arg^81 is modeled based on the orientation of Ala^81 in the structure of RelE^R81A/R83A-RelB[C]. E, active site of archaeal aRelE in the aRelB-aRelE complex shows an inactive conformation similar to the RelE^R81A/R83A-RelB[C] complex. The C-terminal residues (Tyr^89 and Lys^90) of aRelE are missing in the crystal structure; they were arbitrarily rebuilt to estimate the position of Tyr^89. F, catalytic active site of YoeB in the YoeB-YefM complex shows the conformational change altered by YefM binding.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2009, 284, 14628-14636) copyright 2009.