TEMPERATURE ADAPTATION OF ENZYMES - ROLES OF FREE-ENERGY, ENTHALPY, AND ENTROPY OF ACTIVATION
TEMPERATURE ADAPTATION OF ENZYMES - ROLES OF FREE-ENERGY, ENTHALPY, AND ENTROPY OF ACTIVATION
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.70.2.430
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发表时间:
1973-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
SOMERO, GN
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作者:
LOW, PS;BADA, JL;SOMERO, GN
The enzymic reactions of ectothermic (cold-blooded) species differ from those of avian and mammalian species in terms of the magnitudes of the three thermodynamic activation parameters, the free energy of activation (ΔG⧧), the enthalpy of activation (ΔH⧧), and the entropy of activation (ΔS⧧). Ectothermic enzymes are more efficient than the homologous enzymes of birds and mammals in reducing the ΔG⧧“energy barrier” to a chemical reaction. Moreover, the relative importance of the enthalpic and entropic contributions to ΔG⧧differs between these two broad classes of organisms.