An enzymatic atavist revealed in dual pathways for water activation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1802-1810

  Min, Donghong ^a   Josephine, Helen R ^b   Li, Hongzhi ^a   Lakner, Clemens ^a   MacPherson, Iain S ^b   Naylor, Gavin J P ^a   Swofford, David ^a   Hedstrom, Lizbeth ^b   Yang, Wei ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; HYDROLASE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE; WATER; AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE MUTATION; LIPID HYDROLYSIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WATER ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EUKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLASES; IMP DEHYDROGENASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 50249144571     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060206     Document Type: Article

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