Figure 2.
Amino acid sequence comparison of Bvu protein with the best characterized HmuY family members. Verified by mutagenesis and crystallization (P. gingivalis HmuY) or examined by mutagenesis (T. forsythia Tfo, P. intermedia PinO and PinA, B. vulgatus Bvu) heme iron-coordinating ligands are shown in grey boxes and marked in red (HmuY) or blue (HmuY homologs).