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Subject: software to measure the "size"  (area) of a substrate binding poc
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HI CCL Folks:

Can anyone recommend some good, (free), easy to use software to
quantify the size of a substrate
binding pocket, so that the size of this pocket can be compared
between 2 enzymes?  (for example
a mutant and wild type)?

Any advice greatly appreciated!
Thanks,

Rachelle


Dr. Rachelle J. Bienstock
Molecular Modeling and Structural Biochemistry
NIH
NIEHS / ITSS
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