Figure 2.
Crystal structure of the Sac360-550:Thp1:Sem1 complex. (A and B) In addition to the structures of Sac3 residues 255–551 (grey), Thp1 (blue) and Sem1 (yellow) determined previously (15,16), the crystal structure of the Sac360-556:Thp1:Sem1 complex showed an extension of the Sac3 TPR repeat region (green) containing three additional helices, together with a novel extended loop (red) that linked the base of the Sac3 TPR region (green) to the N-terminal region of Thp1. (C and D) Charge distribution on the surface of the Sac360-556:Thp1:Sem1 complex (blue is positive, red is negative charge). There is an extensive region of positive charge stretching from the winged-helix region of both Sac3 and Thp1 (towards the top of the structure) down the distal region of Sac3 together with a distinct positively-charged patch towards the base of Thp1. These positively-charged areas are on the opposite side of the complex to the linker containing Sac3 residues 90–125.