Figure 9. Comparison of NQNO and UHDBT to stigmatellin in their binding to the QP pocket.
(A) The superposition of stigmatellin (yellow) and NQNO (green) reveals their similarities in position and in binding to ISP-ED and Glu271. (B) The superposition of stigmatellin and UHDBT shows different cyt. b side chain conformations when UHDBT is bound. Specifically, Glu271 rotates back to the 'native' state while Tyr131 rotates to form an H-bond with the inhibitor - in a way taking over from Glu271.
