Two-state reactivity mechanisms of hydroxylation and epoxidation by cytochrome P-450 revealed by theory

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 556-567

  Shaik, Sason ^a   De Visser, Samuël P ^a   Ogliaro, François ^a   Schwarz, Helmut ^b   Schröder, Detlef ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKENE; CYTOCHROME P450; RADICAL;

CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPOXIDATION; HYDROXYLATION; REBOUND; REVIEW;

EID: 0036802621     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00363-0     Document Type: Review

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