Mean volume of the catalytic active site pocket

Value 1072 Å^3
Organism Generic
Reference Jimenez-Morales D, Liang J, Eisenberg B. Ionizable side chains at catalytic active sites of enzymes. Eur Biophys J. 2012 Apr 7. p.11 2nd paragraphPubMed ID22484856
Method Researchers use the Molecular Surface (MS) model (Connolly 1985) in CASTp to determine metrics—e.g., the volume—of all pockets.
Comments Researchers define the Active Site Pocket (ASP) as the pocket with a volume between 100 and 3,000 Å3 that contains the largest number of atoms of the catalytic side chains. For 2 definitions of the (catalytic) active site pocket see p.5 4th paragraph
Entered by Uri M
ID 107578