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. 2012 Mar 6;31(8):2047–2059. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2012.54

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Atomic contact comparison of iNKT TCRs, CD1d and lipid ligands. The contacts for (1) the TCR and CD1d heavy chain of the LPC and αGalCer complex structures (left panel); (2) the TCR contacts with LPC and αGalCer (right top panel); (3) the CD1d heavy chain contacts between the liganded LPC and αGalCer structures; (4) the CD1d heavy chain and the phosphorylcholine headgroup of the unliganded CD1d–LPC and complexed CD1d–LPC structures (right lower panel) are shown. VDW, van der Waals interactions, based on a distance ⩽4 Å; salt bridge, based on electrostatic interactions of 4 Å or less; H-bonds*=probable hydrogen bonds based on a distance between 3.3 Å and 4 Å; H-bonds***=highly likely hydrogen bonds based on a distance of 3.3 Å or less. Conserved contacts are shaded in purple.