Glycosidase mechanisms: Anatomy of a finely tuned catalyst

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  Zechel, David L ^a   Withers, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033963529     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar970172+     Document Type: Article

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