Active sites without restraints: High-resolution analysis of metal cofactors

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-40

  Burger, Eva Maria ^a   Andrade, Susana LA ^a   Einsle, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE HYDRATASE; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; COPPER; FEMO COFACTOR; HYDROGENASE; HYDROLYASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; METAL COFACTOR; METAL COMPLEX; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM IRON PROTEIN; NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASE; NITROGENASE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COENZYME; ENZYME; METAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTIFACT; ATOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MACROMOLECULE; NEUTRON; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REVIEW; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; METABOLISM;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COENZYMES; ENZYMES; METALS;

EID: 84940551729     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.07.016     Document Type: Review

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