Catalysis and linear free energy relationships in aspartic proteases

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 7709-7723

  Bjelic, Sinisa ^a   Åqvist, Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; ENZYMES; MALARIA CONTROL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYPEPTIDES; REACTION KINETICS; STABILIZATION; SUBSTRATES;

CATALYTIC MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETS; REORGANIZATION ENERGY; UNCATALYZED WATER REACTION;

FREE ENERGY;

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CATHEPSIN D; PLASMEPSIN II; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME MECHANISM; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CATALYSIS; CATHEPSIN D; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIV PROTEASE; THERMODYNAMICS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 33746869326     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060131y     Document Type: Article

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