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The structure of two viral 3C cysteine proteinases confirm predictions of a close similarity with serine proteinases and hint at the evolutionary origins of this family of enzymes.
Insight into how Src Homology 3 domains interact with proline-rich ligands is provided by structures of Abl-SH3 with and without peptide and a Fyn-SH3/ligand complex.