Breaking the low barrier hydrogen bond in a serine protease

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 410-417

  Kidd, Richard D ^a   Sears, Pamela ^b   Huang, Dee Hua ^b   Witte, Krista ^b   Wong, Chi Huey ^b   Farber, Gregory K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Organic co solvents; Protein crystallography; Subtilisin

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SOLVENT; SUBTILISIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032966653     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.2.410     Document Type: Article

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