Site-specific replacement of a conserved tyrosine in ribonucleotide reductase with an aniline amino acid: A mechanistic probe for a redox-active tyrosine

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 51, 2004, Pages 16702-16703

  Chang, Michelle C Y ^a   Yee, Cyril S ^a   Nocera, Daniel G ^a   Stubbe, JoAnne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MECHANICAL PROBE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT;

HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENYLALANINE; PROTONS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; TYROSINE;

EID: 11244327791     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja044124d     Document Type: Article

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