A comparison of the structures of two cyanobacterial toxins yields insights into how they may inhibit protein phosphatase-1 and -2A and why microcystins but not motuporin may covalently modify their protein phosphatase targets.
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Bagu, J., Sönnichsen, F., Williams, D. et al. Comparison of the solution structures of microcystin-LR and motuporin. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2, 114–116 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0295-114
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