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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1997

Conformation of coenzyme pyrroloquinoline quinone and role of Ca2+ in the catalytic mechanism of quinoprotein methanol dehydrogenase

Ya-Jun Zheng; Thomas C. Bruice


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2001

Catalytic mechanism of quinoprotein methanol dehydrogenase: A theoretical and x-ray crystallographic investigation.

Ya-Jun Zheng; Zong-xiang Xia; Zhiwei Chen; F. Scott Mathews; Thomas C. Bruice


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1997

Non-enzymatic and enzymatic hydrolysis of alkyl halides: a haloalkane dehalogenation enzyme evolved to stabilize the gas-phase transition state of an SN2 displacement reaction.

Felice C. Lightstone; Ya-Jun Zheng; Andreas H. Maulitz; Thomas C. Bruice


Journal of the American Chemical Society | 1998

Theoretical Investigation of the Hydride Transfer from Formate to NAD+ and the Implications for the Catalytic Mechanism of Formate Dehydrogenase

Birgit Schiøtt; Ya-Jun Zheng; Thomas C. Bruice


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1997

Nonenzymatic and enzymatic hydrolysis of alkyl halides: A theoretical study of the SN2 reactions of acetate and hydroxide ions with alkyl chlorides

Andreas H. Maulitz; Felice C. Lightstone; Ya-Jun Zheng; Thomas C. Bruice


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1998

Role of a critical water in scytalone dehydratase-catalyzed reaction

Ya-Jun Zheng; Thomas C. Bruice


Journal of the American Chemical Society | 2002

Protein engineering of nitrile hydratase activity of papain: molecular dynamics study of a mutant and wild-type enzyme.

Swarnalatha Y. Reddy; Kalju Kahn; Ya-Jun Zheng; Thomas C. Bruice


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1997

Is strong hydrogen bonding in the transition state enough to account for the observed rate acceleration in a mutant of papain

Ya-Jun Zheng; Thomas C. Bruice


Journal of the American Chemical Society | 1998

Rapid Enzyme-Catalyzed Heterolytic C−H Bond Cleavage by a Base Strength Amplification Mechanism: A Theoretical Examination of the Mechanism of Oxidation of Vitamin K

Ya-Jun Zheng; Thomas C. Bruice


Bioorganic Chemistry | 1997

Identifying the Intermediate in the Dioxygen Transfer from 4a-Hydroperoxyflavin Anion to Phenolate and Indole Anions☆

Ya-Jun Zheng; Thomas C. Bruice

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Felice C. Lightstone

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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F. Scott Mathews

Washington University in St. Louis

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Kalju Kahn

University of California

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Zong-xiang Xia

Washington University in St. Louis

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Zhiwei Chen

Saint Louis University

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