Altered (transition) states: Mechanisms of solution and enzyme catalyzed RNA 2'-O-transphosphorylation

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-102

  Kellerman, Daniel L ^a   York, Darrin M ^b   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^c   Harris, Michael E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; ISOTOPE; METAL ION; NUCLEOPHILE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEASE A; RNA; ZINC ION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULE; PH; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

BIOCATALYSIS; ENZYMES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84904267999     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.06.010     Document Type: Review

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