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Electric field maps in enzymes

Nature Chemistry volume 14, pages 845–846 (2022)Cite this article

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How electric fields generated by enzyme active sites push and pull on substrates is important to their chemistry, but measuring them is difficult. Now, the electric field within an active site has been measured along two directions using a vibrational probe, revealing that the field effect in enzymes is different compared with that in bulk solvents.

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Fig. 1: The molecule, CXF–D, studied using vibrational Stark-shift spectroscopy.

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Pennathur, A., Dawlaty, J. Electric field maps in enzymes. Nat. Chem. 14, 845–846 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-01010-2

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