Active-site gorge and buried water molecules in crystal structures of acetylcholinesterase from Torpedo californica

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 713-735

  Koellner, Gertraud ^a   Kryger, Gitay ^a   Millard, Charles B ^a   Silman, Israel ^a   Sussman, Joel L ^a   Steiner, Thomas ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrogen bonding; Buried water; Drug enzyme complexes; Hydrogen bonding; Structural water

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0034681279     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3468     Document Type: Article

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