Asymmetric effect of mechanical stress on the forward and reverse reaction catalyzed by an enzyme.

The concept of modulating enzymatic activity by exerting a mechanical stress on the enzyme has been established in previous work. Mechanical perturbation is also a tool for probing conformational motion accompanying the enzymatic cycle. Here we report measurements of the forward and reverse kinetics...

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Main Authors: Collin Joseph, Chiao-Yu Tseng, Giovanni Zocchi, Tsvi Tlusty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4085160?pdf=render