Locating the active sites of enzymes using mechanical properties

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 350-359

  Sacquin Mora, Sophie ^a   Laforet, Émilie ^a   Lavery, Richard ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Catalytic residues; Elastic network; Flexibility; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ENZYMES; MECHANICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 33947393946     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21353     Document Type: Article

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