Theoretical insights into the catalytic mechanism of β-hexosaminidase

Theoretical Chemistry Accounts

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-129

  Passos, Óscar ^a   Fernandes, Pedro Alexandrino ^a   Ramos, Maria João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hexosaminidase; Benchmark; DFT; Mechanism; Substrate assisted catalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954633470     PISSN: 1432881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00214-011-0904-1     Document Type: Article

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