Transition state theory can be used in studies of enzyme catalysis: Lessons from simulations of tunnelling and dynamical effects in lipoxygenase and other systems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1472, 2006, Pages 1417-1432

  Olsson, Mats H M ^a   Mavri, Janez ^b   Warshel, Arieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Enzyme catalysis; Kinetic isotope effect; Lipoxygenase; Protein dynamics; Transition state theory

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 33748365234     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1880     Document Type: Conference Paper

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