The Properties of Enzymes: 1 -- Enzyme Flexibility

Produced by the BBC for the British Open University

Introduces the work of eminent biochemist Daniel Koshland in the field of enzymes. Postulates the concept of the flexible enzyme, called the induced fit theory of enzyme action. Explores some of the consequences of this theory for biochemistry, in which substrate binding leads to alignment of the catalytic groups. From the Biochemistry and molecular biology series

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