A theoretical study of torsional flexibility in the active site of aspartic proteinases: Implications for catalysis

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 322-334

  Beveridge, Allan ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aspartic proteinases; catalysis; Hartree Fock calculations; substrate binding

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0029965533     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199603)24:3<322::AID-PROT5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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