Proton transfer at carbon

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 626-633

  Richard, John P ^a   Amyes, Tina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANION; CARBON; ENOLASE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; METAL ION; WATER;

ACIDITY; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 0035606960     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(01)00258-7     Document Type: Review

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