How sugars pucker:電子構造計算は,5つの生物学的に最も重要なモノサッカライドの動的景観と酵素触媒への影響をマップします

Heather B Mayes1, Linda J Broadbelt, Gregg T Beckham

  • 1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.

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まとめ

この研究では,グリコシドヒドローラース (GHs) が触媒作用のために特定の糖質構造を利用することを明らかにしました. エキゾサイクリック群と運動障壁の検討は,グリコバイオロジーの酵素機構の理解に不可欠です.

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