From mineral support to enzymatic catalysis - Further assumptions for the evolutionary history of glyoxalase system

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-98

  Kalapos, Miklós Péter ^a  

^a Theoretical Biology Research Group Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYOXALASE; METAL; THIOESTER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032493383     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0690     Document Type: Article

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