Catalytic control in terpenoid cyclases: Multiscale modeling of thermodynamic, kinetic, and dynamic effects

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-33

  Major, Dan Thomas ^a   Freud, Yehoshua ^a   Weitman, Michal ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHENE; CARBENE; PROTON; PYROPHOSPHATE; SQUALENE; TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DYNAMICS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; METABOLISM;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BIOCATALYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84908314966     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.03.010     Document Type: Review

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