Protein Structure of DHFR (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Protein Structure of DHFR

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This is the structure of the E. coli DHFR protein (white) with its folate (blue) present at the enzymatic pocket and bromo-resveratrol (green) bound at the potential allosteric site responsible for antibiotic activity in escape variants of E. coli.

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Courtesy of Jeffrey Skolnick

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