The oxygen-binding vs. oxygen-consuming paradigm in biocatalysis: structural biology and biomolecular simulation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 672-679

  Baron, Riccardo ^a   McCammon, J Andrew ^a   Mattevi, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LIPOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; QUERCETIN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; BIOCATALYST; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PEA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICHIA ANGUSTA; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOCATALYSIS; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYMES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXYGEN;

EID: 70549103613     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.10.003     Document Type: Review

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