Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States.
J Chem Theory Comput. 2022 Nov 8;18(11):6397-6406. doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00734. Epub 2022 Oct 28.
This Perspective reviews the use of Transition Path Sampling methods to study enzymatically catalyzed chemical reactions. First applied by our group to an enzymatic reaction over 15 years ago, the method has uncovered basic principles in enzymatic catalysis such as the protein promoting vibration, and it has also helped harmonize such ideas as electrostatic preorganization with dynamic views of enzyme function. It is now being used to help uncover principles of protein design necessary to artificial enzyme creation.
本文回顾了过渡态抽样方法在研究酶催化化学反应中的应用。该方法由我们小组于 15 年前首次应用于酶反应,揭示了酶催化中的基本原理,如蛋白质促进振动,还帮助协调了静电预组织与酶功能的动态观点等思想。现在,该方法正被用于帮助揭示人工酶创建所需的蛋白质设计原则。