Figure 5
The configuration of the enzymatic binding cleft of H-HEWLEC (C atoms in yellow) is altered compared with those of H-HEWL (C atoms in green) and D-HEWLEC (C atoms in blue). The crystal structures of H-HEWLEC and D-HEWLEC were structurally aligned with that of H-HEWL and the active-site and binding-cleft residues of the enzyme are shown as sticks. The water molecules are represented as spheres colored according to the color of the respective model (i.e. the color of the model C atoms) and they are not labeled for clarity. The nitrate ions placed at the center of the figure belong to the D-HEWLEC and H-HEWL models. This illustration was produced using PyMOL (version 2.0; Schrödinger). |