Figure 4

The distance between the radicals in cryptochrome and the nearest Fe2S2-cluster. The computed distances between the termial tryptophan WC in each cryptochrome and the nearest Fe2S2-cluster, denoted d Trp, and the distance between the FAD cofactor in each cryptochrome and the nearest Fe2S2-cluster, denoted d FAD. (A) The mean value of the contact distance, d Trp, and the corresponding standard deviation computed from the performed MD simulation. (B) The time evolution of d Trp in each individual cryptochrome is shown, colour coded following the notation introduced in Fig. 1A. (C) The mean value of the contact distance, d FAD, computed from the performed MD simulation. (D) The time evolution of d FAD in each individual cryptochrome is shown, colour coded following the notation introduced in Fig. 1A.