Multiple roles of cysteine in biocatalysis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Giles, Niroshini M ^a   Giles, Gregory I ^a   Jacob, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Hydrolysis; Metal binding; Sulfur redox chemistry

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PEPTIDASE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037218163     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02770-5     Document Type: Article

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