Mechanistic aspects of enzymatic catalysis: Lessons from comparison of RNA and protein enzymes

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue , 1997, Pages 19-59

  Narlikar, Geeta J ^a   Herschlag, Daniel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme; Mechanism of catalysis; Ribozyme; RNA

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALIPHATIC AMINE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; BASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; ENZYME; ESTER; HYDROXIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; IMIDAZOLE; METAL ION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRANSFER RNA;

BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; TETRAHYMENA; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; HUMANS; RNA, CATALYTIC;

TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0030968710     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.66.1.19     Document Type: Review

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