NITROREDUCTASE: EVIDENCE FOR A FLUXIONAL LOW-TEMPERATURE STATE AND ITS POSSIBLE ROLE IN ENZYME ACTIVITY
The enzyme nitroreductase (NR) catalyzes two-electron reduction of high explosives such as trinitrotoluene (TNT), a wide variety of other toxic nitroaromatic compounds, as well as riboflavin derivatives, using a tightly-bound flavin mononucleotide (FMN) cofactor. It has important environmental and c...
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UKnowledge
2007
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/492 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1495&context=gradschool_diss |