QM/MM methods: Looking inside heme proteins biochemisty

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Guallar, Victor ^a   Wallrapp, Frank H ^a  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROME P450; EPOXIDE; FERRYLMYOGLOBIN; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW;

CYTOCHROMES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; PEROXIDASES; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 77952674978     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.03.010     Document Type: Review

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