Current Issues in Enzymatic Hydrogen Transfer from Carbon: Tunneling and Coupled Motion from Kinetic Isotope Effect Studies

Hydrogen-Transfer Reactions

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 1311-1340

  Kohen, Amnon ^a  

^a University of Iowa ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biological aspects; Coupled motion; Dynamic effects; Enzymatic hydrogen transfer from carbon; H transfer; H transfer step in enzyme catalysis; Kinetic isotope effect studies; Marcus like models; Probing H transfer in complex systems; Protein dynamics; Quantum tunneling; Swain Schaad relationship; Theoretical models; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449174520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527611546.ch41     Document Type: Chapter

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