Probing the chemistry of thioredoxin catalysis with force

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7166, 2007, Pages 124-127

  Wiita, Arun P ^a   Perez Jimenez, Raul ^a   Walther, Kirstin A ^a,b   Gräter, Frauke ^a   Berne, B J ^a   Holmgren, Arne ^c   Sanchez Ruiz, Jose M ^d   Fernandez, Julio M ^a  

^a Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR; THIOREDOXIN;

BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROBE; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORCE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE CLAMP SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35948932620     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06231     Document Type: Article

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