Combining acid-base, redox and substrate binding functionalities to give a complete model for the [FeFe]-hydrogenase

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-30

  Camara, James M ^a   Rauchfuss, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; HYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; FERREDOXINS; HYDROGENASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83655183063     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1180     Document Type: Article

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