Energetics of the catalytic reaction of ribonuclease A: A computational study of alternative mechanisms

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 39, 1998, Pages 10234-10247

  Glennon, Timothy M ^a   Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ANION; BASE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032494448     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja981594x     Document Type: Article

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