The modern definition of enzymology is synonymous with the Michaelis–Menten equation
instituted by Leonor Michaelis and Maud Menten. Most textbooks, or chapters within …

All cyanobacteria, algae, and plants use a similar water-oxidizing catalyst for water
oxidation. This catalyst is housed in Photosystem II, a membrane-protein complex that …

Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactions are fundamental to energy transformation
reactions in natural and artificial systems and are increasingly recognized in areas such as …

Two major energy-related problems confront the world in the next 50 years. First, increased
worldwide competition for gradually depleting fossil fuel reserves (derived from past …

Computational enzymology is a rapidly maturing field that is increasingly integral to
understanding mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions and their practical applications …

One of the critical variables that determine the rate of any reaction is temperature. For
biological systems, the effects of temperature are convoluted with myriad (and often …

Low-frequency vibration modes of biological particles, such as proteins, viruses and
bacteria, involve coherent collective vibrations at frequencies in the terahertz and gigahertz …

The amino acid sequence of a protein affects both its structure and its function. Thus, the
ability to modify the sequence, and hence the structure and activity, of individual proteins in …

The diffusion of protons through water is understood within the framework of the Grotthuss
mechanism, which requires that they undergo structural diffusion in a stepwise manner …

The relationship between protein dynamics and function is a subject of considerable
contemporary interest. Although protein motions are frequently observed during ligand …