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Without Enzyme, Biological Reaction Essential To Life Takes 2.3 Billion Years

All biological reactions within human cells depend on enzymes. Their power as catalysts enables biological reactions to occur usually in milliseconds. But how slowly would these reactions proceed ...
Science Daily

Without Enzyme Catalyst, Slowest Known Biological Reaction Takes 1 Trillion Years

Without Enzyme Catalyst, Slowest Known Biological Reaction Takes 1 Trillion Years Date: May 6, 2003 Source: University Of North Carolina School Of Medicine Summary: All biological reactions within ...
Medicine Buffalo

UB chemists publish major discovery of how enzymes work

In a publication selected as a "2007 Hot Article" by the journal Biochemistry, UB chemists report the discovery of a central mechanism responsible for the action of the powerful biological catalysts ...
Purdue University

Herbert Newby McCoy Award

The recipient of the Herbert Newby McCoy Award for 1991 is William J. Ray, Jr., Professor of Biological Sciences. William Ray is a biochemist whose early interest was in chemical catalysis. After ...
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Effect of Chilling on Carbon Assimilation, Enzyme Activation, and Photosynthetic Electron Transport in the Absence of Photoinhibition in Maize Leaves

The relationships between electron transport and photosynthetic carbon metabolism were measured in maize (Zea mays L.) leaves following exposure to suboptimal temperatures. The quantum efficiency for ...