Computational studies of the domain movement and the catalytic mechanism of thymidine phosphorylase

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 242-252

  Rick, Steven W ^a,c   Abashkin, Yuri G ^a   Hilderbrandt, Richard L ^b   Burt, Stanley K ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic mechanism; Conformational change; Domain movement; Molecular dynamics; Thymidine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

EID: 0032719351     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19991101)37:2<242::AID-PROT9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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