A novel thermodynamic relationship based on Kramers theory for studying enzyme kinetics under high viscosity

IUBMB Life

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 403-407

  Siddiqui, Khawar Sohail ^a   Bokhari, Saleem Ahmed ^b   Afzal, Ahmed Jawaad ^c   Singh, Surjit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremophiles; Psychrophilic; Thermophilic; Transition State Theory; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HEATING; KRAMERS THEORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 9444221967     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540400003052     Document Type: Article

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