Electrostatics, allostery, and activity of the yeast chorismate mutase

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-452

  Lin, Shuo Liang ^a   Xu, Dong ^b   Li, Aijun ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Structural Glycobiology Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Allosteric; Chorismate mutase; Electrostatics

Indexed keywords

CHORISMIC ACID; MUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ALLOSTERIC SITE; BINDING SITES; CHORISMATE MUTASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0013676485     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19980601)31:4<445::AID-PROT10>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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