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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Mar 6;130(12):3900–3914. doi: 10.1021/ja0772041

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Minimal pharmacophoric elements for selective nNOS inhibitor design. An aminidino group is positioned close to E592. A yellow nitrogen atom is close to D597. The regions where hydrophobic and/or steric interactions play important roles are indicated by circles. Three blue nitrogen atoms are placed close to the heme propionate.