Quantum model of catalysis based on a mobile proton revealed by subatomic x-ray and neutron diffraction studies of h-aldose reductase.
Blakeley, M.P., Ruiz, F., Cachau, R., Hazemann, I., Meilleur, F., Mitschler, A., Ginell, S., Afonine, P., Ventura, O.N., Cousido-Siah, A., Haertlein, M., Joachimiak, A., Myles, D., Podjarny, A.(2008) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.Usa 105: 1844-1848
- PubMed: 18250329 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711659105
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- PubMed Abstract: 
We present results of combined studies of the enzyme human aldose reductase (h-AR, 36 kDa) using single-crystal x-ray data (0.66 A, 100K; 0.80 A, 15K; 1.75 A, 293K), neutron Laue data (2.2 A, 293K), and quantum mechanical modeling. These complementar ...