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Figure 6.
Figure 6. Stereo view of the C1 catalytic chain of aspartate transcarbamoylase with the tetrahedral intermediate modeled into the active site. Shown are all the side chains that make direct contact with the intermediate from the C1 chain as well as Ser80 and Lys84 from the adjacent catalytic chain. Hydrogen bonds are shown as dashed lines.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Proteins (1999, 37, 729-742) copyright 1999.