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. 2001 Mar 13;98(6):3139–3144. doi: 10.1073/pnas.051399098

Table 2.

Active-site residues

Protein Active sites Corresponding position and color in Fig. 3 Active-site references
T4 lysozyme Glu-11 Coil between helix A and β-sheet (grey) 34
Asp-20 Coil in β-hairpin (red)
Thr-26 Coil in the β-hairpin (red)
Myoglobin Val-68 α-helix E (red) 35
His-93 α-helix G (red)
Ile-107 α-helix H (red)
HIV proteinase Asp-25 Coil between G and C terminus (blue) 36
Lactoferrin Asp-60 Coil (green) 37
Tyr-92 Hinge β-strand (blue)
Tyr-192 Terminus of the helix (green)
His-253 Hinge (green)
Barnase Glu-73 In β-strand E (red) 38
His-102 Coil at the C terminus (blue)

The catalytic/binding residues at the binding sites. In barnase, HIV proteinase, and T4 lysozyme, these are the catalytic residues. In lactoferrin and myoglobin, these residues are involved in binding iron or heme. The corresponding color-coded assignments in Fig. 3 are noted.