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Enzymes catalyze efficiently various reactions with astounding rates. Understanding the dynamics and molecular mechanism of enzymes has been an important research goal for more than half a century.
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Yoo, Y.J., Feng, Y., Kim, Y.H., Yagonia, C.F.J. (2017). Enzyme Catalysis. In: Fundamentals of Enzyme Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1026-6_9
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