Figure 9
Effect of dehydration on the trimeric WbdD structure and the crystal packing. The top row shows the packing of the non-dehydrated crystal and the bottom row that of the dehydrated crystal. One of the four WbdD556 trimers (surface representation) which are centred around each unit-cell corner is shown in blue with a superimposed cartoon representation of the protein (white). In the figure at the top right, the pyramid-shaped assembly shown on the left is cut open to reveal the size of the internal hollow space. |