Observation and catalytic promiscuity of retaining glycosidase intermediates

This thesis is divided into two parts. The first addresses basic issues of retaining glycosidase mechanism. This includes the use of a new technique, time-resolved electrospray mass spectrometry, to directly monitor changes in the mass of Bacillus circulans |3-xylanase during its catalytic cycle....

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Main Author: Zechel, David Louis
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13892