Cytosol-mimetic chemistry: Kinetics of the trypsin-catalyzed hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate upon addition of polyethylene glycol and N-tert-butyl acetoacetamide

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6874-6875

  Asaad, Nabil ^a   Engberts, Jan B F N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENYL ACETATE; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL; NITRO DERIVATIVE; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PKA;

ACETOACETATES; AMIDES; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CYTOSOL; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; NITROPHENOLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0037939764     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja034298f     Document Type: Article

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