Plasticity of enzyme active sites

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 419-426

  Todd, Annabel E ^a   Orengo, Christine A ^a   Thornton, Janet M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036683309     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(02)02158-8     Document Type: Review

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