Hydride transfer catalysed by Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis dihydrofolate reductase: Coupled motions and distal mutations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1472, 2006, Pages 1365-1373

  Hammes Schiffer, Sharon ^a   Watney, James B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme catalysis; Hydride transfer; Hydrogen tunnelling; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDROGEN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33748349036     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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