Simulación de la dinámica QM/MM ab initio del intermedio tetraédrico de las serina proteasas: información sobre la

Maya Topf1, Peter Várnai, W Graham Richards

  • 1Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom. graham.richards@chem.ox.ac.uk

Resumen

Las simulaciones de mecánica cuántica / mecánica molecular revelan que el intermediario tetraédrico de la serina proteasa es estable. Los enlaces clave de hidrógeno estabilizan esta estructura, lo que sugiere una vía para la hidrólisis de péptidos sin un "mecanismo de giro de anillo".

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