Description
Book SynopsisEnzyme Regulation in Metabolic Pathways shows the reader how to understand the roles of enzymes and their kinetic constants in intermediary metabolism.
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Author’s Review ix
Part I 1 Characteristics of Enzymes 3
2 Self-Assembly of Polymers 17
3 Beginnings of Equations 27
4 Metabolite Distribution Systems 37
5 Modification of Enzymatic Activity 51
6 Modification of Metabolite Flow Through Metabolic Pathways 67
7 Which is the Real Substrate? 75
8 Non-Quasi-Equilibrium Assumptions 79
9 Underlying Attributes of Assessing Enzymatic Activities 85
Part II 10 Breakdown of the Michaelis–Menten Equation (or Complex Enzyme Mechanisms) 97
11 Rate Equation Derivation by the King–Altman Method: Two Substrates and Two Products 117
12 Modification of Enzyme Mechanisms: The Next Generation 141
13 What Are These “Rate Constants” We Have Been Dealing With? 151
Index 165
