Analysis of catalytic residues in enzyme active sites

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-121

  Bartlett, Gail J ^a,b   Porter, Craig T ^a,b   Borkakoti, Neera ^c   Thornton, Janet M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROCHE PRODUCTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid residue; Catalysis; Enzyme active site; Enzyme function

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME; SOLVENT;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036435882     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01036-7     Document Type: Article

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