Cofactor Binding Dynamics Influence the Catalytic Activity and Selectivity of an Artificial Metalloenzyme

Lara Villarino1, Shreyans Chordia1, Lur Alonso-Cotchico1

  • 1Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.

ACS Catalysis
|October 26, 2020
PubMed

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