Computational Investigation of the Interplay of Substrate Positioning and Reactivity in Catechol O-Methyltransferase

Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) is a SAM- and Mg[superscript 2+]-dependent methyltransferase that regulates neurotransmitters through methylation. Simulations and experiments have identified divergent catecholamine substrate orientations in the COMT active site: molecular dynamics simulations h...

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Main Authors: Patra, Niladri, Ioannidis, Efthymios Ioannis, Kulik, Heather Janine
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105361
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