Structural mechanism of S-adenosyl methionine binding to catechol O-methyltransferase

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Tsao, Douglas ^a,b   Diatchenko, Luda ^b   Dokholyan, Nikolay V ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DIVALENT CATION; HOLOENZYME; METHYL GROUP; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

EID: 80052339060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024287     Document Type: Article

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