Enzyme promiscuity: evolutionary and mechanistic aspects

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 498-508

  Khersonsky, Olga ^a   Roodveldt, Cintia ^a   Tawfik, Dan S ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; DEACETOXYCEPHALOSPORIN C; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME; GALACTOKINASE; MUCONIC ACID; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHOTRIESTERASE; PROTEIN KINASE; SYNTHETASE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748525883     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.011     Document Type: Review

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