Chemical origins of enzymic catalysis

酶催化的化学起源

• 批准号: 5779-2007
• 负责人: Guthrie, Peter
• 金额: $ 2.77万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=420116
• 关键词: Chemical; origins; enzymic; catalysis

I have developed a general approach to predicting rate constants for chemical reactions from the corresponding equilibrium constants. This requires no kinetic information and generally requires only relatively low levels of MO theory to calculate distortion energies. The key assumption in my approach is that if only one thing happens to a molecule (geometry change with no change in bonding or bonding change with no change in geometry) then the energy is a quadratic function of a suitable reaction coordinate. The kinetic barrier (intrinsic barrier) for a real reaction arises from the need for more than one thing to happen for a real chemical transformation. This approach has been very successful in tests to date, both published and still in progress.

我已经发展了一种从相应的平衡常数来预测化学反应速率常数的一般方法。这不需要动力学信息，通常只需要相对较低水平的MO理论来计算畸变能。我的方法的关键假设是，如果一个分子只发生了一件事（几何变化而不改变成键，或者成键变化而不改变几何），那么能量是一个合适的反应坐标的二次函数。一个真实反应的动能障壁（内在障壁）产生于一个真实的化学转化需要发生不止一件事。这种方法在迄今为止的测试中非常成功，无论是已发表的还是仍在进行中的。