Figure 1
Crystal structure of AlgE. (a) Structure (ribbon model) of AlgE-1.9 viewed from the membrane plane. (b) As in (a), viewed from the extracellular space. (c) As in (a), viewed from the periplasm. (d) Chemical and space-filling structures of the mannuronate and guluronate components of alginate and of citrate. (e) Residues that form the electrostatic pore in which citrate sits in the lumen of AlgE-1.9. All residues are conserved (Whitney et al., 2011). (f) Residues and water molecules (W1 and W2) that are within 5 Å of citrate in the lumen of AlgE-1.9. The distances in (e) and (f) are in Å. |