Allosteric Transitions of Supramolecular Systems Explored by Network Models: Application to Chaperonin GroEL
Figure 10
Redistribution of inter-residue contacts at the transition from R to R″ state.
Panel (A) shows the inter-residue contacts between adjacent subunits of the cis ring, which break up during the transition. The two subunits are colored in light pink and blue. Contact pairs are represented by spheres at the Cα position, and by distinctive colors. Similarly, panel (B) shows the contacts newly formed during the transition. See Table 7 for the complete list of residue pairs shown here. The contacts involving a pair of conserved residues are labeled using the same colors as the corresponding residues.