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DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Baudry

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ORNL researchers used simulation to reveal how water molecules (seen in red) move in and out of the active site (seen in blue) of a P450 enzyme. This class of enzymes is responsible for detoxifying a large fraction of drugs taken by humans.

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Jerome Baudry UT/ORNL

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