Evidence that a ' dynamic knockoutg' in Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase does not affect the chemical step of catalysis

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-297

  Loveridge, E Joel ^a   Behiry, Enas M ^a   Guo, Jiannan ^a   Allemann, Rudolf K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BIOCATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 84858758329     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1296     Document Type: Article

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