Spotting the invisible: Mapping structures, functions of a transient enzyme state
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 10:02
in Physics & Chemistry
Chemists have succeeded in mapping structures and functions of a transient enzyme state. By modifying the enzyme adenylate kinase, researchers were able to isolate the molecule and study it using the quantitative techniques X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.