Overview
- This book caters the need of the students studying Biochemistry, Enzymology or Industrial Microbiology as part of their Biotechnology/ Life Sciences course
- The book synchronizes two broad mechanistic facets of enzymology namely, the chemical and the kinetic
- It discusses on how to begin experiments with an enzyme and subsequently analyze the data collected
- Highly illustrated with figures and tables
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Enzyme Catalysis – A Perspective
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Enzyme Kinetic Practice and Measurements
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About this book
This enzymology textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students covers the syllabi of most universities where this subject is regularly taught. It focuses on the synchrony between the two broad mechanistic facets of enzymology: the chemical and the kinetic, and also highlights the synergy between enzyme structure and mechanism. Designed for self-study, it explains how to plan enzyme experiments and subsequently analyze the data collected. The book is divided into five major sections: 1] Introduction to enzymes, 2] Practical aspects, 3] Kinetic Mechanisms, 4] Chemical Mechanisms, and 5] Enzymology Frontiers. Individual concepts are treated as stand-alone chapters; readers can explore any single concept with minimal cross-referencing to the rest of the book. Further, complex approaches requiring specialized techniques and involved experimentation (beyond the reach of an average laboratory) are covered in theory with suitable references to guide readers.
The book provides students, researchers and academics in the broad area of biology with a sound theoretical and practical knowledge of enzymes. It also caters to those who do not have a practicing enzymologist to teach them the subject.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. N. S. Punekar is currently working as a Professor at prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India. He obtained his PhD from the coveted Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India in the year 1984 and subsequently worked as Post-doctoral fellow at University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA till 1988. He joined IIT Bombay as Assistant Professor in 1988 and subsequently got elevated to the rank of Professor in 2001.
Dr. Punekar’s major research interest lies in Microbial Biochemistry and Molecular Enzymology; Microbial Metabolic Regulation, Understanding Metabolism through biochemical and recombinant DNA techniques, Fungal Molecular Genetics and its Applications to Metabolic Engineering. Dr. Punekar has published around 50 papers in peer reviewed reputed journals and more importantly has 4 patents to his credit. He has been an excellent teacher of Enzymology and Industrial Microbiology which is evident by the fact that he has received the “Excellence in Teaching Award” at IIT Bombay in the years 2000 and 2012. He possesses more than two decades of experience of teaching Enzymology at IIT Bombay. He is associated with various societies and committees of Government of India as an expert member. He is also in editorial board of journals like Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Indian Journal of Biotechnology since and Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, etc.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: ENZYMES: Catalysis, Kinetics and Mechanisms
Authors: N.S. Punekar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0785-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0784-3Published: 23 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0785-0Published: 11 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 562
Number of Illustrations: 187 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour
Topics: Enzymology, Protein-Ligand Interactions, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, Protein Structure