Biological Oxidation-Reduction
Cellular respiration requires many oxidation-reduction reactions which involve half-reactions, electron carriers, and flavoproteins. Cellular respiration…
Shannon Strischek
Phosphoryl Group Transfers and ATP
Adenine triphosphate (ATP) is used to power the majority of energy-requiring cellular reactions as it…
Bioenergetics/Thermodynamics
Bioenergetics refers to the concept of energy flow through living systems while thermodynamics deals with…
Regulatory Enzymes
As unnecessary activity within a cell can be wasteful or harmful, enzymes are regulated by…
Inhibition
Enzyme inhibitors function as an important mechanism for regulating enzymatic activity. The cell uses specific…
Kinetics
Enzyme kinetics refers to the catalytic behavior of enzymes, specifically focusing on reaction rates. Catalysis…
Mechanism
Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions by lowering activation energy barriers and converting substrate molecules to products.…
Classification by Reaction Type
Enzymes are named for the reactions they catalyze; there are six categories of enzymes. Often,…
Bottom-Up and Top-down Processing
Perception refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced and involves…
Gestalt Principles
The Gestalt laws of grouping are a set of principles in psychology that explain how…