Computational analysis of ammonia transfer along two intramolecular tunnels in Staphylococcus aureus glutamine-dependent amidotransferase (GatCAB).

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Published in J Phys Chem B on February 20, 2015

Authors

Sajeewa Walimuni Dewage1, G Andrés Cisneros

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University , 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States.

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