Figure 3
Comparison of hC5a-A8 with other human C5a structures. In both panels, the residues delimitating the conserved core between all structures, Val694 and Ile742, are indicated with stars. (a) Superimposition of hC5a-A8 (purple) with the structure of hC5a from human C5 (green; PDB entry 3cu7
; Fredslund et al., 2008) and from the NMR model (orange; PDB entry 1kjs
; Zhang et al., 1997). The stretch of residues corresponding to the region encompassing the most significant structural differences within the conserved core of all three proteins is indicated in blue. (b) Superimposition of hC5a-A8 (purple) with the two conformations observed for hC5a-desArg (grey and salmon for monomers A and B, respectively, from PDB entry 3hqa
; Cook et al., 2010). |