A Computational Methodology to Screen Activities of Enzyme Variants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Hediger, Martin R ^a   De Vico, Luca ^a   Svendsen, Allan ^b   Besenmatter, Werner ^b   Jensen, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ENZYME VARIANT; LIPASE B;

ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CANDIDA ANTARCTICA; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PEPTIDE MAPPING; RELIABILITY; WILD TYPE;

BIOCATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ASSAYS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIPASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

CANDIDA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84871279009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049849     Document Type: Article

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