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Computer simulations are able to calculate the binding free energies of sugars in cellulose-active enzymes and show how the amino acids in the enzyme participate in the binding and release.

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Understanding the process of product release gives us the ability to design better enzymes

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This page is a summary of: Probing Carbohydrate Product Expulsion from a Processive Cellulase with Multiple Absolute Binding Free Energy Methods, Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2011, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB),
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.212076.
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