Enzymes
a very short introduction
$28.27
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
9 December 2020
Summary
Enzymes: The Tiny Machines That Power Life
Enzymes are the astonishing, tiny molecular machines that make life possible. Each one of these small proteins speeds up a single chemical reaction inside a living organism many millionfold. Working together, teams of enzymes carry out all the processes that collectively we recognise as life, from making DNA to digesting food.
This introduction explains the why and the how of speeding up these reactions - catalysis - before going on…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198824985 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 019882498X |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Paul Engel |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 9 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 112mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
“This book would be an excellent accompaniment to an undergraduate biology student or someone with a scientific background who wishes to know more about enzymology.
A fairly comprehensive textbook that provides a decent technical grounding in enzymology and will no doubt teach many professional biologists a thing or two * Nadia Abbott AMRSB, The Biologist *This book would be an excellent accompaniment to an undergraduate biology student or someone with a scientific background who wishes to know more about enzymology. * Lucy Elphick, The Biochemist *It would be perfect for students who want to have a (somewhat more than) basic understanding of the subject before delving deeper … my overall understanding of the subject is more rounded. Thanks Professor Engel! * Mary Staunton, University College Dublin Today *
About The Author
Paul Engel
Paul Engel is an Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at University College Dublin. He lectured at Sheffield for many years before taking up the Chair of Biochemistry at University College Dublin in 1994, where his research career focussed on enzymology, kinetics, and protein engineering. Paul Engel has taken an active interest in the public awareness of science and started a programme at UCD for training Ph. D. students in presenting science to the public. Elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2001, he has also chaired its Life Sciences Committee. In 2010 he was awarded the Biochemical Irish Area Section’s Medal for outstanding research carried out in Ireland.
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