Catalytic mechanism and product specificity of Rubisco large subunit methyltransferase: QM/MM and MB investigations

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5505-5514

  Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Bruice, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RATE CONSTANTS;

LARGE SUBUNIT METHYLTRANSFERASE (LSMT); PROTON DISSOCIATION; WATER CHANNEL;

ENZYMES;

METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION;

BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; QUANTUM THEORY; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34248197964     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi700119p     Document Type: Article

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