catalytic mechanism

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catalytic
adjective
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/ˌkæt.əˈlɪt.ɪk/us
/ˌkæt̬.əˈlɪt̬.ɪk/
making a chemical reaction happen more quickly by using ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
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/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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The study of seed-specific chitinases has contributed significantly to current knowledge of this ubiquitous protein family, including antifungal properties, structure, specificity andcatalyticmechanism.
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An evolutionary relationship is also suggested by the commoncatalyticmechanismwhich involves two magnesium ions in the active sites of each enzyme.
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Thecatalyticmechanisminvolves a magnesium ion, which is not seen in the crystal structure.
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To do this it has been found important to start out by studying the entirecatalyticmechanism.
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There are approximately a dozen members of this family, which are distinguished by their structure,catalyticmechanism, and which proteins they cleave.
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A glutamic acid residue and a histidine are involved in thecatalyticmechanism.
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Each superfamily uses the catalytic triad or dyad in a different protein fold and so represent convergent evolution of thecatalyticmechanism.
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The catalytic subunit is highly conserved among all eukaryotes, thus suggesting a commoncatalyticmechanism.
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All these activities share the samecatalyticmechanismwhich is common to all glycosyl-hydrolases.
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Threonine ammonia-lyase is most closely related to serine dehydratase, and both possess the same generalcatalyticmechanism.
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Two of these regions are rich in aspartic-acid residues and could be involved in thecatalyticmechanismand/or the binding of the substrates.
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The nucleophilic attack by water is the rate-limiting step of aminoacylase'scatalyticmechanism.
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The generalcatalyticmechanismused by ribozymes is similar to the mechanism used by protein ribonucleases.
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Her research was directed towards understanding the molecular basiss of the biological properties of control andcatalyticmechanism.
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Cofactors can be either organic or inorganic molecules which assist in thecatalyticmechanismof the active enzyme.
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It contains an aspartic acid residue which has been shown to act as a nucleophile in thecatalyticmechanism.
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The exact molecular details of thecatalyticmechanismare still not fully understood.
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The second, located in a more central location, is centred around a glutamate which is also involved in thecatalyticmechanism.
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All share a similarcatalyticmechanism, by which a conserved cysteine residue forms a covalent intermediate with the phosphate group to be eliminated.
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Flavin reductases are similar and often confused for ferric reductases because of their similarcatalyticmechanismand structures.
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