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Figure 6.
Fig. 6. Variation in positioning of the region that lies N-terminal to the inhibitor site: (a) Highlighted N-terminal binding regions of PKI (dark teal), RIα (light green), and RIIβ (red) demonstrate differential binding between inhibitors. RIIβ and PKI dock to the C-lobe, while RIα docks to the C-terminal tail and N-lobe. Surface mesh representation is shown for the highly conserved P − 3 to P + 1 region. Details of RIIβ binding peptide are highlighted. (b) The sequence and detailed structural comparison of the inhibitor peptides of PKI, RIα, and RIIβ. (c) The αF–αG loop (tan) creates a hydrophobic pocket that recognizes different substrates (red). Tyr235^C and Phe239^C are highly conserved residues in this pocket. The region of RIIβ that lies N-terminally to the inhibitor site docks as a strand to this pocket (left) while the amphipathic helix of PKI (right) docks to the same surface. In both cases, the peptides dock against Phe239^C. In RIIβ(108–268), this site is unoccupied (middle) and the side chain of Phe239^C is rotated away from Tyr235^C. In the two RIIβ holoenzymes, one can see how Tyr247^C in the G-helix interfaces with the P + 1 Val and with the Tyr226^R in the PBC of RIIβ.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2009, 393, 1070-1082) copyright 2009.