title: Communication: Chemical functionality of interfacial water enveloping nanoscale structural defects in proteins.
abstract: Building upon a non-Debye multiscale treatment of water dielectrics, this work reveals the biochemical role of interfacial water enveloping nanoscale structural defects in soluble proteins, asserting its role as a chemical base. This quasi-reactant status is already implied by the significant concentration of structural defects in the vicinity of an enzymatically active site, delineating their role as promoters or enhancers of catalytic activity.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Argentino de Matemática, National Research Council (CONICET), Saavedra 15, Buenos Aires 1083, Argentina.
authors.forename: Ariel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D014867:Water