Biochemistry
Enzymes at a glance
Abstract

Enzymes are found in nature as part of living systems and perform essential functions for nature. 

Enzyme technology is an interdisciplinary field recognized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as an important component of industrial development. Processes involving industrial processes, pharmaceutical development and discovery, as well as genetic engineering.

Highlights

Enzymes are essential for life to exist.

Enzymes are biological catalysts that provide an alternative reaction route and stabilize reaction intermediates.

Enzymes reduce activation energy.

Keywords

Enzymes 

Catalysts 

Substrate 

Michaelis-Menten kinetics


Edith Jiménez-Muñoz1,*, Justo Fabián Montiel-Hernández2, Alberto N. Peón1,3, Aldo Christiaan Jardínez-Vera1, Pablo Antonio López-Pérez1


1 Escuela Superior de Apan, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Carretera Apan-Calpulalpan s/n, Colonia 43920 Chimalpa Tlalayote, Hgo, México.

2 Escuela Superior de Ciudad Sahagún, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Carretera Ciudad Sahagún-Otumba s/n, Zona Industrial, 43990 Cd Sahagún, Hgo.

3 Laboratorio Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Sociedad Española de Beneficencia, Pachuca, Hidalgo; Av. Juárez #908, Col. La Villita, Pachuca, Hidalgo, México, CP42060.


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