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Structural origins of efficient proton abstraction from carbon by a catalytic antibody.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Apr 2005
Debler Erik W, Ito Shuichiro, Seebeck Florian P, Heine Andreas, Hilvert Donald, Wilson Ian A
Abstract excerpt
Antibody 34E4 catalyzes the conversion of benzisoxazoles to salicylonitriles with high rates and multiple turnovers. The crystal structure of its complex with the benzimidazolium hapten at 2.5-angstroms resolution shows that a combination of hydrogen bonding, pi stacking, and van der Waals interactions is exploited to position both the base, Glu(H50), and the substrate for efficient proton transfer. Suboptimal...
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