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Benkovic, Stephen J. |
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The Pennsylvania State University - University Park |
| Primary Field
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Chemistry |
| Secondary Field
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Biophysics and Computational Biology |
 Election Citation
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Benkovic has made ingenious use of the methods of physical organic chemistry to elucidate the mechanims of group transfer catalyzed by enzymes. |
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Research Interests
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Chemistry related to biological systems: assembly, disassembly and activity of the T4 replisome; mechanism of action of tetrahydrofolate requiring enzymes; the importance of coupled networks in enzymic catalysis; modular design of biological catalysts; and DNA methylation systems. |
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