Living cells are sustained by countless chemical reactions that must be carefully regulated to maintain internal order and function. Enzymes play a central role in this process, accelerating reactions that would otherwise proceed too slowly to support life.
  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    the researchers constructed a theoretical model where the transient increase in motility served as a “memory” of the enzyme’s immediate past reaction event. The enzyme used this information to leave the product molecules, thereby eliminating the probability of the reverse reaction.

    So if I’m understanding correctly, just after an enzyme catalyzes a reaction it “remembers” that the products it just produced must still be nearby and knocks itself away from them?