Publication Date
Fall 2025
Abstract
To catalyze the formation of deoxyribonucleotides from ribonucleotides, the enzyme has to remove an hydroxyl from the ribose sugar part of the molecule (circled in in green) (“Ribonucleotide Reductase”).
The problem is that hydroxyl doesn’t naturally want to break from the base it is attached to, leaving many researchers unable to discern the chemical process going on inside these enzymes that make the bond break possible (Strauss).
Course
CHE 141: General Chemistry I
Rights
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Recommended Citation
York, Madysen, "JoAnne Stubbe and the Mechanistic Study of Ribonucleotide Reductases" (2025). Natural Sciences Student Research Presentations. 189.
https://spark.parkland.edu/nsps/189
