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Fig. 2 Ligand binding to the PRT active site at different points in the catalytic cycle.Ligands from four structures are shown superimposed on the GPAT PRPP loop. Green, binary substrate complex (Mg-cPRPP from GPAT1); red, ternary substrate complex (Mg2-PRPP from trypanosomal HPRT2); blue, ternary product complex (ImmGP/Mg2-PPi from human HPRT3); yellow, binary product complex (GMP from human HPRT4). The green and red ligands show ribose in the 'down' position, the blue is 'intermediate', and the yellow is 'up'. Green, red and blue ligands are from closed-form PRT structures, and the yellow ligand is from an open-form structure. The catalytic metal site is below the pyrophosphate in this view; the second metal site is above. Protein carboxylate ligands to the second metal site are shown in pastel colors. Hydrogen bonds between the second metal site and purine base are shown as dashed lines.