Figure 3.
In silico model of the NEMO-peptide 7 complex. (a) The overall complex between peptide 7 (shown as green sticks) and NEMO (PDBID: 3BRT; shown as van der Waals surface) with residues critical for the NEMO-IKKβ interaction shaded pink. (b) Close-up of the interaction between the A ring (in green) and NEMO including the insertion of Tyr-4 into a hydrophobic pocket. (c) Zoom-in view of the charge–charge interactions between the three arginine residues of peptide 7 and acidic residues on NEMO. Basic and acidic residues of NEMO are shown in blue and red, respectively.
