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Figure 8.
Fig. 8. Side-chain conformation of Ser30 in the structures of the C30S mutants of yGrx1^22 (gray) and yGrx2 (cyan) in their glutathionylated forms. It is clear that the distances from the Cys27 sulfur atoms (yellow) to the Ser30 oxygen atom (red) are very different between yGrx1 and yGrx2, indicating that the conformation of a Ser30 residue in yGrx2 is less favorable to attack the mixed disulfide.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2009, 385, 889-901) copyright 2009.