Cryoenzymology: Enzyme action in slow motion

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 408-415

  Dunn, Ben M ^a   Uversky, Vladimir N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Cryoenzymology; Enzyme; Enzymology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LIQUID NITROGEN; METHANOL; OLIGOMER; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PAPAIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE A; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOCATALYST; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOENZYMOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYMOLOGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENZYMES; FREEZING; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70349511963     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920309789351958     Document Type: Review

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