A self-stabilized model of the chymotrypsin catalytic pocket. The energy profile of the overall catalytic cycle

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 749-759

  Hudáky, Péter ^a   Perczel, András ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Catalysis; Inhibitor; Quantum chemistry; Substrate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY; CATALYSIS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENTROPY; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 31944452006     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20827     Document Type: Article

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