Intra-molecular refrigeration in enzymes

Sandu Popescu; H Briegel

Intra-molecular refrigeration in enzymes

Sandu Popescu, H Briegel

School of Physics

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Abstract

We present a simple mechanism for intra-molecular refrigeration, where parts of a molecule are actively cooled below the environmental temperature. We discuss the potential role and applications of such a mechanism in biology, in particular in enzymatic reactions

Original language	English
Article number	20110290
Journal	Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume	469
Issue number	2158
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2013

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Enzymes
self-cooling
thermodynamics

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