Orbital steering in the catalytic power of enzymes: small structural changes with large catalytic consequences.
Mesecar, A.D., Stoddard, B.L., Koshland Jr., D.E.(1997) Science 277: 202-206
- PubMed: 9211842 
- DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5323.202
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1AI2, 1AI3 - PubMed Abstract: 
Small structural perturbations in the enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) were made in order to evaluate the contribution of precise substrate alignment to the catalytic power of an enzyme. The reaction trajectory of IDH was modified (i) after the adenine moiety of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate was changed to hypoxanthine (the 6-amino was changed to 6-hydroxyl), and (ii) by replacing Mg2+, which has six coordinating ligands, with Ca2+, which has eight coordinating ligands ...