Top panels compare Pn DAH7PS-CM SAXS analysis for ligand-free state (black) with addition of DAH7PS substrates/cofactor, PEP/Mn2+ (red) or PEP/Mn2+/E4P (blue), via A) Kratky and B) Porod-Debye plots. The bottom panels demonstrate lack of change when CM product prephenate is bound alone (black), in the presence of PEP/Mn2+ (red), or PEP/Mn2+/E4P (blue), via C) Kratky and D) Porod-Debye plots. Panels A–D: adapted under permission (copyright Elsevier, 2021).[15] E) AlphaFold2 models of Pn DAH7PS-CM illustrating compaction expected upon DAH7PS substrate binding (not fit to original data).