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Micellar enzymology

Year: 1986

Type: review

Abstract: Experimental approaches to modelling the enzymatic function of biological membranes are discussed. Emphasis is given to pseudohomogeneous systems such as proteolipid complexes and enzymes in organic solvents; the latter are solubilized with phospholipids or synthetic surfactants. Methods for producing and studying such micellar systems are considered. The key research problems of micellar enzymology are formulated and its relation to enzyme membranology is discussed. Finally, the new potentialities are noted of applied enzymology (biotechnology) offered by application of a colloidal solution of water in organic solvents as a microheterogeneous medium for enzymatic reactions.

Source: European Journal of Biochemistry

DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1986.tb09512.x

Authors: Karel MARTINEK, Andrey V. LEVASHOV, Natalya KLYACHKO, Yuri L. KHMELNITSKI, Ilya V. BEREZIN

Institutions: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union

Language: English

Topic: Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4211049950

FWCI: 2.521

Cites: 247

Cited by: 510

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