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Principles of Enzyme Catalysis

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Biophysical Thermodynamics of Intracellular Processes

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In the preceding chapter we noted that the crucial elements of living matter function as chemical machines. The immediate sources of energy for all life activities are exoergonic chemical reactions. Certainly, the ultimate energy source for life on earth is solar light, but it can never be used directly without transforming the energy of light quanta into the energy of chemical bonds. Practically all important intracellular chemical reactions are accelerated by specific protein catalysts, i.e., enzymes.

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  1. Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin Str. 4, V-334, 117977, Moscow, Russia

    Lev A. Blumenfeld

  2. Department of Biophysics Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonsov State University, 119899, Moscow, Russia

    Alexander N. Tikhonov

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Blumenfeld, L.A., Tikhonov, A.N. (1994). Principles of Enzyme Catalysis. In: Biophysical Thermodynamics of Intracellular Processes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2630-7_4

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