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Figure 7.
Figure 7. Helical wheel representation of the helix 53- 78 in (52-96)Vpr illustrating the leucine zipper-like monodimeric interaction. The scheme displays residues 53 to 81. The hydrophobic residues are found in pos- itions d, a, g and e, showing the amphiphilic nature of the helix. A second identical (52-96)Vpr helix (grey) could contact the first one with the hydrophobic resi- dues in a and d positions in a homodimer.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (1999, 285, 2105-2117) copyright 1999.