Case closed: Neutrons settle 40-year debate on enzyme for drug design
September 24, 2024
September 24, 2024
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
"The neutron data clearly show that the glutamate, which is an acid, has the proton on it," said co-author Robert Phillips, a professor of chemistry at the University of Georgia. "You might expect it to already have given up its proton. But because it's able to carry that proton around, it can transfer it back and forth. So, it acts as an . . .
"The neutron data clearly show that the glutamate, which is an acid, has the proton on it," said co-author Robert Phillips, a professor of chemistry at the University of Georgia. "You might expect it to already have given up its proton. But because it's able to carry that proton around, it can transfer it back and forth. So, it acts as an . . .