(Bio)Chemical Kinetics

Abstract

(Bio)chemical kinetics seems to be overshadowed by enzyme kinetics, the latter being of extreme importance in biochemistry. The main laws of it were established at the beginning of the last century. The derivation of the main relationships in the textbooks usually follows the old tradition not taking into account the modern developments including computers and software. Here the modeling is based on the present understanding. The interaction of a ligand molecule with another (macro)molecule being of major interest of (bio)chemical kinetics, the interaction is not confined solely to enzyme kinetics. Besides, the ligand is not necessarily inhibitor. (Likewise, the other participant of the interaction is not necessarily the enzyme.) It is easy to see that keeping that in mind make the analysis more general Only basic mathematical knowledge is required to understand and model the processes. Mathematics should be considered here as a tool. Similarly should be considered computers and computer programs.