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Bioenergetics || by Dieter Walz (auth.), Peter Gräber Ph.D., Giulio Milazzo, PD Dr. Dieter Walz (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Bioenergetics, the topic of volume 5 of this Series, is concerned with the energetics, the kinetics, and the mechanisms of energy conversion in biological systems. This phenomenon can be investigated on diffe­ rent levels of complexity. On a global level the role of biological pro­ cesses for the steady state of our enviroment is considered. At the physiological level, the relation between energy input and the physiolo­ gical state of an organism is of interest, while at the cellular level the biochemical pathways for degradation and synthesis of all relevant substrates is investigated. At present the majority of bioenergetic stu­ dies pertain to the molecular level. The processes in a cell are cataly­ zed by a large number of proteins called enzymes. The enzymes in­ volved in energy transduction can be considered as molecular ma­ chines which transform energy from one form into another, or transfer energy from one process to another. Living systems operate far from equilibrium and are open in the ther­ modynamic sense, i. e. they exchange energy and matter with the sur­ roundings. Chapter 1 presents the principles of non equilibrium thermo­ dynamics applied to biological systems.

Who reads Bioenergetics ||?

Author

Dieter Walz (auth.), Peter Gräber Ph.D., Giulio Milazzo, PD Dr. Dieter Walz (eds.)

Publisher

Birkhäuser

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9783034898607

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Chemistry, Stem