ENZYMES: Catalysis, Kinetics and Mechanisms

Punekar, N. S.

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Title:	ENZYMES: Catalysis, Kinetics and Mechanisms
Authors:	Punekar, N. S.
Keywords:	Biology Enzymes
Issue Date:	2018
Publisher:	Springer
Abstract:	Enzymes are the lead actors in the drama of life. Without these molecular machines the genetic information stored in DNA is worthless. With rising attention to the fashionable fields like molecular biology, genetic engineering, and biotechnology, the techniques to manipulate DNA have occupied center stage. Being popular, many concepts of molecular biology/genetic engineering are now introduced to undergraduates. Unfortunately, this has happened at the cost of other fundamental facets of biology, including enzymology. In the excitement to collate volumes of data for Systems Biology (and the various “Omics” fashions), the beauty and vigor of careful analysis – one enzyme at a time – is neglected.
Description:	This book endeavors to synthesize the two broad mechanistic facets of enzymology, namely, the chemical and the kinetic. It also attempts to bring out the synergy between enzyme structures and mechanisms. Written with self study format in mind, the emphasis is on how to begin experiments with an enzyme and subsequently analyze the data collected. Individual concepts are treated as stand-alone short sections, and the book is largely modular in organization. The reader can focus on a concept (with real examples) with minimal cross-referencing to the rest of the book. Many attractive enzymes were consciously passed up in order to suit the “Biology” audience.
URI:	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/212
ISBN:	978-981-13-0784-3 978-981-13-0785-0
Appears in Collections:	Biology

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