A catalyst — whether chemical or biological — acts by increasing the velocity of reactions. We will now examine the kinetics of enzymatic reactions. The velocity of an enzymatic reaction is generally followed up by measuring the quantity of substrate transformed per unit time; one can also record the quantity of the product (or one […]
Kinetics of Enzymatic Reactions | Biochemistry
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Reaction and Substrate – Related Specificity of Enzymatic Action | Biochemistry
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Specificity is one of the main characteristics of enzymes. It prevents the formation of by-products which happens with chemical catalysts. Specificity may be observed on the one hand in the type of reaction catalyzed by the enzyme, and on the other hand in the substrate of the reaction. Reaction-Related Specificity: A given substrate, an α-amino […]
Classification of Enzymes | Biochemistry
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In this article we will discuss about the classification of enzymes. Some enzymes are often designated by common names based on usage (pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin, papain etc); but these names contain no information on the substrate and the reaction catalyzed. In certain cases, enzymes catalyzing hydrolysis reactions are designated by the name of the substrate […]
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