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Figure 6.
FIGURE 6. A conserved conformation of eEF2 and EF-G. A, fusidic acid related mutations mapped on the crystal structure of EF-G (Protein Data Bank entry 1FNM). The backbone of 30 fusidic acid resistance residues (41) is colored blue. B, mapping onto an EF-G model derived from the conformation of eEF2 observed by cryo-EM (see text for details). The closer approach of domain III to domain I in this model is illustrated by the distances between Leu^457 and Gln^117 (dashed lines). The distance is 16.5 Å in the crystal structure and 12.1 Å in the modeled structure. C, overlay of domains III (blue), IV (red), and V (green) of eEF2-sordarin and the equivalent domains of the T. thermophilus EF-G homolog (all domains gray) from Protein Data Bank entry 1WDT illustrating a highly conserved domain arrangement.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2007, 282, 657-666) copyright 2007.