Enzymes

The Worker Bees of the Cell
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-93607-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 229 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 533 g

This book summarizes mountains of research by various scientists in the field of general biochemistry, with an emphasis on enzymes which make all the important molecules in our body, such as DNA, proteins, etc. Enzymes are also essential for removing all toxic chemicals that inadvertently enter our body. All metabolic reactions in our body are performed by enzymes.

But perhaps, most importantly, it should give the reader a satisfying feeling of knowing: “Aha! That is how my cells work."

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Traut, Thomas W.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Chemische Biologie, Synthetische Biologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Zellbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prolog.- CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR LIFE: TAKE MINERALS, WATER, OXYGEN AND STIR.-WHAT ARE THESE THINGS DOING IN MY BODY? OVERVIEW OF LIVING CELLS.-OUR SUPERBEES: HOW FAST ARE ENZYMES?.-WHAT ARE THESE THINGS DOING IN MY BODY? OVERVIEW OF LIVING CELLS.-HOW DID WE GET HERE? STARTING CONDITIONS FOR LIFE ON EARTH.-THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF METABOLISM: HOW CELLS FUNCTION.-THE ABC’S OF PROTEINS STRUCTURE AND SYNTHESIS.-OUR AMAZING HEMOGLOBIN: BLOOD AND THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.-ALLOSTERIC ENZYMES: SHAPE SHIFTERS.-SEX AND NUCLEIC ACID ENZYMES.-UH, OH MY GENES ARE CHANGING: EVOLUTION AND DISEASES.-CONTROL YOUR SUGAR: SPECIAL ENZYMES CONTROL GLUCOSE METABOLISM.-ENEMIES WITHIN? OUR OWN ENZYMES HELP VIRUSES TO INFECT US.-TRAITORS: CANCER RESULTS WHEN REGULATORY PROTEINS BECOME MUTATED.-Epilog.-INDEX.

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Traut has a PhD in molecular biology and has studied enzymes since 1974.  As a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he has focused on enzyme regulation and taught advanced enzymology to graduate students.  Important findings from his research helped to define the mechanism of allosteric control for dissociating enzymes.