Promotion of oxygen atom transfer in Mo and W enzymes by bicyclic forms of the pterin cofactor.
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Density functional theory calculations suggest that bicyclic structures of the "molybdopterin" in DMSO reductases may have an important catalytic role in oxygen atom transfer reactions.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005