title: Transition state theory for enzyme kinetics.
abstract: This article is an essay that discusses the concepts underlying the application of modern transition state theory to reactions in enzymes. Issues covered include the potential of mean force, the quantization of vibrations, the free energy of activation, and transmission coefficients to account for nonequilibrium effect, recrossing, and tunneling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States. Electronic address: truhlar@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Donald G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Truhlar
mesh_terms: D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes
keywords: Enzyme kinetics; Free energy; Quantum effects; Transition state theory; Tunneling