Figure 2
A schematic drawing of the diol dehydratase–adeninylpentylcobalamin complex showing αβγ hetero-trimer. Colours ranging from crimson to grey are used for the α subunit, from khaki to cyan for the β subunit, and from cyan to violet for the γ subunit. Cyanocobalamin is located in the interface between α and β subunits. The blue ball indicates an essential potassium ion. The substrate, propanediol, is found to be coordinated to the potassium ion. The colour key for each subunit is shown. |