Protein motions during catalysis by dihydrofolate reductases

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1472, 2006, Pages 1317-1321

  Allemann, Rudolf K ^a   Evans, Rhiannon M ^a   Tey, Lai Hock ^a   Maglia, Giovanni ^b   Pang, Jiayun ^a,b   Rodriguez, Robert ^a,b   Shrimpton, Paul J ^b   Swanwick, Richard S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Enzymes; Hydrogen transfer; Kinetic isotope effects; Protein dynamics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; DEUTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 33748375604     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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