Probing the electrostatics of active site microenvironments along the catalytic cycle for Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase.

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Published in J Am Chem Soc on July 11, 2014

Authors

C Tony Liu1, Joshua P Layfield, Robert J Stewart, Jarrod B French, Philip Hanoian, John B Asbury, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Stephen J Benkovic

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.

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