Mechanism of formate-nitrite transporters by dielectric shift of substrate acidity.

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Published in EMBO J on March 01, 2017

Authors

Marie Wiechert1, Eric Beitz2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
2: Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany; ebeitz@pharmazie.uni-kiel.de.

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