Conformational effects in enzyme catalysis: Reaction via a high energy conformation in fatty acid amide hydrolase

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Lodola, Alessio ^a   Mor, Marco ^a   Zurek, Jolanta ^b   Tarzia, Giorgio ^c   Piomelli, Daniele ^d   Harvey, Jeremy N ^b   Mulholland, Adrian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID AMIDASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 33846413566     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.098434     Document Type: Article

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