Description

Enzymes have long been researched by measuring their activity, which has advanced the field of "enzyme kinetics." The majority of chemical catalysts can catalyse a variety of processes. They frequently lack much discrimination. Enzymes, in contrast, are typically quite selective and only catalyse particular processes. The shapes of the enzyme molecules are what give them their selectivity. An enzyme is a protein that lowers activation energy (Ea) levels to catalyse the chemical interactions between biomolecules, hence facilitating a cellular metabolic process. Some enzymes actually reverse biological reactions by drastically lowering the activation energy. Amino acids are the building blocks of enzymes, and they are connected in a linear chain by amide (peptide) bonds. The kinetic and thermodynamic characteristics of enzymes are determined while determining their processes. The book provides an overview of the present knowledge of enzymology by discussing the structure and mechanism of enzymes.