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Figure 3
Stereo PyMOL images of the interactions of the Hsp90 peptide with monomeric and dimeric Tah1. (a) Detail of interactions of the monomeric Tah1 TPR domain and the Hsp90 C-terminal SRMEEVD peptide. The Hsp90 peptide binds with a compacted conformation stabilized by interaction of the side chain of Glu4 with the side chains of Lys50 and Tyr82 of Tah1. The backbone carbonyl of Glu5 is stabilized by interactions with the side chains of Lys79 and Arg83 of Tah1. The peptide carbonyl of Met3 is also stabilized by interaction with the side chain of Arg83. The α-carboxyl and carboxylate side chain of Asp7 is bound by a `carboxylate clamp' formed by residues Lys8, Asn12, Asn43 and Lys79 of Tah1. The side chain of Met3 in the Hsp90 peptide packs against Tyr82, but is far more exposed than seen in other Hsp90–TPR domain complexes. M represents the conserved methionine residue of the EDASRMEEVD peptide (only SRMEEVD was visible). (b) Detail of the interactions of the Hsp90 C-terminal SRMEEVD peptide with the helix-swapped Tah1 TPR domain dimer. Essentially the same set of interactions occurs as in the monomeric TPR (Fig. 3[link]a), but with residues from both TPR domains in the dimer. Additional dimer-specific polar interactions occur between Glu4 of the Hsp90 peptide and Gln81 of Tah1 and between the peptide backbones of Glu72 and Val74 of Tah1 and the N-terminal end of the peptide, while Met3 becomes buried in a hydrophobic pocket formed by Tah1 residues Val74, Ser78, Lys79, Gln81, Tyr82 and Arg83. M represents the conserved methionine residue of the EDASRMEEVD peptide (only SRMEEVD was visible).

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