Abstract
This article is an essay that discusses the concepts underlying the application of modern transition state theory to reactions in enzymes. Issues covered include the potential of mean force, the quantization of vibrations, the free energy of activation, and transmission coefficients to account for nonequilibrium effect, recrossing, and tunneling.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 6979 |
Pages (from-to) | 10-17 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Volume | 582 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 15 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health through Grant No. NIGMS/1RC1GM091445 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Enzyme kinetics
- Free energy
- Quantum effects
- Transition state theory
- Tunneling