@article{3048463, title = "Structure of astacin with a transition-state analogue inhibitor", author = "Grams, F and Dive, V and Yiotakis, A and Yiallouros, I and Vassiliou, S and and Zwilling, R and Bode, W and Stocker, W", journal = "Nature Structural and Molecular Biology (formerly called Nature Structural Biology)", year = "1996", volume = "3", number = "8", pages = "671-675", publisher = "NATURE PUBLISHING CO", issn = "1545-9993, 1545-9985", doi = "10.1038/nsb0896-671", abstract = "The structure of the zinc peptidase astacin in complex with a phosphinic peptide suggests that a special role is played by the side chain of a zinc-bound tyrosine, which is shifted to form bond to the phosphinyl group-a mimic of the carboxyanion of the transition state." }