Fig. 2: Mechanism of NrdR function involving dodecameric, octameric, and tetrameric structures.

a Surface representation of the cryo-EM maps for the dodecameric, octameric, and DNA-bound tetrameric NrdR structures. b Cartoon representation of the ATP-loaded NrdR tetramer (left) and the dATP/ATP-loaded tetramer (right). Chains A, B, C, and D are colored in beige, green, pink, and blue, respectively. c Interface between the ATP-cones in chain A (beige) and chain B (green) in the ATP-loaded dodecamer and (d) in the dATP/ATP-loaded tetramer. Panels c, d were made from the same perspective, based on an alignment of the ATP-cones in chains A and B in both structures.