X-Nico

unusual facts about active site


Active site

Emil Fischer's lock and key model assumes that the active site is a perfect fit for a specific substrate and that once the substrate binds to the enzyme no further modification occurs.


Flavoprotein

The spectroscopic properties of the flavin cofactor make it a natural reporter for changes occurring within the active site; this makes flavoproteins one of the most-studied enzyme families.


see also

Chou’s distorted key theory for peptide drugs

According to Fisher’s lock-and-key model proposed by Hermann Emil Fischer in 1884 and Koshland’s induced fit theory by Daniel E. Koshland, Jr. in 1958, given a peptide, the prerequisite condition for it to be cleaved by HIV-protease is a good fit and binding between the substrate and the enzyme’s active site.

Isopenicillin N synthase

This ligation of the thiolate to the iron center anchors the ACV within the active site.

Ribonucleotide reductase

Gallium inhibits RNR2 by substituting for Fe3+ in the active site.