Correlation of the enzyme activities of Bacillus stearothermophilus lactate dehydrogenase on three substrates with the results of molecular dynamics/energy minimization conformational searching

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 228-239

  Dafforn, Timothy R ^a   Badcoe, Ian G ^a   Sessions, Richard B ^a   El Hawrani, Ayman S ^a   Holbrook, J John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 keto acid; Activity prediction; Energy minimization; Enzyme; Hydride transfer; Molecular dynamics; Proton transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030961102     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199710)29:2<228::AID-PROT10>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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