Specificity in transition state binding: The pauling model revisited

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2021-2035

  Amyes, Tina L ^a   Richard, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING INTERACTION; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; ENZYMATIC REACTION; HALOALKANOIC ACID DEHALOGENASE; KETOSTEROID ISOMERASE; MANDELATE RACEMASE; TRANSITION-STATE BINDING; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

BINDING ENERGY; CARBOXYLATION; CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; ENZYMES; ISOMERIZATION; PROTEINS; STABILIZATION;

SUBSTRATES;

ACETIC ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MANDELATE RACEMASE; PHENYL GROUP; PHOSPHITE; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMERIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; COENZYME A; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMES; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OROTIDINE-5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SWINE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84875636822     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi301491r     Document Type: Article

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