Table of Contents
Preface 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