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. 2020 May 26;11:2644. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16341-2

Fig. 1. Structures of the psychrophilic and mesophilic α-amylases and their active site.

Fig. 1

a View of the two enzymes (AHA in cyan and PPA in yellow)36,38 with the bound substrate (blue carbons). The L7 loop partly covering the substrate is shown in purple for AHA and orange for PPA. b Close-up view of the active site with sidechains shown for AHA and the interactions between the nucleophile (Asp174) and general acid (Glu200) indicated with dashed lines (a crystallographically observed Cl ion is shown in green). c Optimized transition-state structure from DFT calculations of the model reaction in solution (atoms marked with asterisks were fixed).