Computer simulations of enzyme catalysis: Methods, progress, and insights

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 32, Issue , 2003, Pages 425-443

  Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalysis; EVB; QM MM; Transition state stabilization

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENTROPY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; QUANTUM THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0041876227     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.32.110601.141807     Document Type: Review

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