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. 2020 Jul 24;11:3717. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17495-9

Fig. 5. Model of RNA recognition by the nsp10-nsp16 complex.

Fig. 5

The surface of the nsp10-nsp16 was colored according to the electrostatic surface potential. Sinefungin is localized in the SAM binding pocket. The RNA binding pocket is characterized by a positively charged surface that interacts with the RNA phosphate backbone. The RNA cap is located at the top of the RNA binding pocket while the active site is located at the interface of the RNA and SAM binding pockets. The RNA was modeled in the RNA binding pocket based on a structural alignment of SARS-CoV-2 MTase with Dengue MTase (PDB code 5dto) and manually adjusted in Coot.