Crystallographic analysis of the catalytic mechanism of haloalkane dehalogenase.
Verschueren, K.H., Seljee, F., Rozeboom, H.J., Kalk, K.H., Dijkstra, B.W.(1993) Nature 363: 693-698
- PubMed: 8515812 
- DOI: 10.1038/363693a0
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2DHE, 2DHD, 2DHC - PubMed Abstract: 
Crystal structures of haloalkane dehalogenase were determined in the presence of the substrate 1,2-dichloroethane. At pH 5 and 4 degrees C, substrate is bound in the active site without being converted; warming to room temperature causes the substrate's carbon-chlorine bond to be broken, producing a chloride ion with concomitant alkylation of the active-site residue Asp124 ...