Molecular and practical aspects of the enzymatic properties of human serum albumin and of albumin-ligand complexes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1830, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5535-5544

  Kragh Hansen, Ulrich ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Detoxification reactions; Esterase like activity; Human serum albumin; Hydrolysis; Metalloenzymes; Prodrug activation

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; ARYL ACYLAMIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ENOLASE; ESTERASE; FULLERENE; HEME; HEMIN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; ICOSANOID; LIPID PEROXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; OLMESARTAN; PEROXIDASE; PHOSPHATASE; PRODRUG; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE;

BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STEREOSPECIFICITY; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

DETOXIFICATION REACTIONS; ESTERASE-LIKE ACTIVITY; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; HYDROLYSIS; METALLOENZYMES; PRODRUG ACTIVATION;

ESTERASES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84885385771     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: 18728006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.03.015     Document Type: Review

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