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Conformational change in substrate binding, catalysis and product release: an open and shut case? Export

FEBS Lett, Vol. 567, No. 1. (1 June 2004), pp. 67-73.

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active_sites catalysis conformational_change enzyme reaction

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The role of conformational change in substrate binding, catalysis and product release is reviewed for 11 enzymes, for which crystal structures are available for the apo, substrate- and product-bound states. The extent of global conformational changes is measured, and the movements of the functional regions involved in catalysis and ligand binding are compared to the rest of the structure. We find that most of these enzymes undergo relatively small amounts of conformational change and particularly small changes in catalytic residue geometry, usually less than 1 A. In some enzymes there is significant movement of the binding residues, usually on surface loops.


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