How to promote proton transfer
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Simon N. Thorn and colleagues have investigated the basic chemical reactions in nature and discovered that a certain type of proton transfer is efficiently catalyzed by an antibody produced by the process of immune response. Thorn and his co-workers have investigated the transfer of protons within enzymes, which usually occurs at the carbon atoms. The transfer can be accelerated by variations in the thermodynamic and mechanistic parameters.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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Purpose of proton pathways
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The biologically engineered proton paths in membranes are at least as important as electron paths in bioenergetics. The crystal structure of cytochrome oxidase suggests a mechanism for receiving electrons and transporting protons across the membrane. A more thorough understanding of proton pathways requires collection and analysis of crystals of the protein in several different conformations.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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Large rate accelerations in antibody catalysis by strategic use of haptenic charge
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Optimization of the hapten design and efficient screening of the immune response results in the formation of antibodies which function as general base catalysts. The efficiency of several enzymes is enhanced by the process of general acid-base catalysis. The optimization process is performed by mimicking the transition state geometry of all the reacting bonds in the cationic hapten.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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