Figure 3
Comparison of tautomerase inhibitor-binding cavities in surface plots of hMIF-1 (cyan; PDB entry 1mif), AceMIF (purple; PDB entry 3rf4) and His-OvMIF-1 (gray). Furosemide (shown as sticks), a selective inhibitor of AceMIF, fits best into its larger cavity of AceMIF, hMIF has a smaller cavity and His-OvMIF-1 lacks the cavity (top row). The superposed trimer surfaces are shown in the bottom row. The structure of His-OvMIF-1 with the N-terminal tag in magenta is shown, as is the structure of OvMIF-1 generated by deleting the tag. OvMIF-1 has a more open cavity than the other structures. |