Perspective: Pre-chemistry conformational changes in DNA polymerase mechanisms

Theoretical Chemistry Accounts

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Schlick, Tamar ^a,b   Arora, Karunesh ^c   Beard, William A ^d   Wilson, Samuel H ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic cycle chemical step; DNA polymerase ; Enzyme catalysis; Intrinsic protein dynamics; Nucleotidyl transfer; Pre chemistry conformational adjustments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869433153     PISSN: 1432881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00214-012-1287-7     Document Type: Article

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