A quantum chemical study of the water-assisted mechanism in one-carbon unit transfer reaction catalyzed by glycinamide ribonucleotide transformylase

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-266

  Qiao, Qing An ^a   Cai, Zheng Ting ^a   Feng, Da Cheng ^a   Jiang, Yuan Sheng ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Density Function Theory (DFT); One carbon unit transfer; Water assisted mechanism

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PHOSPHORIBOSYLGLYCINAMIDE FORMYLTRANSFERASE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; HYDROXYMETHYL AND FORMYL TRANSFERASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHORIBOSYLGLYCINAMIDE FORMYLTRANSFERASE; QUANTUM THEORY; WATER;

EID: 3042563653     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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