Spectroscopic Methods for Biological Kinetics

Dear Colleagues,

Most spectroscopic methods used to study biological molecules not only report on the nature of the species they detect but can also quantify these species during a process. Kinetic data, which track changes in the concentration of species over time, provide valuable information on how starting reaction components are consumed, how transient species are formed, and how final products are produced. Such data can form a solid basis for hypotheses on reaction mechanisms, which can be verified by kinetic model simulations. 

This Special Issue aims to compile and present new advancements in the study of kinetics for diverse biological processes, where different spectroscopy methods provide insights into the kinetic behaviour of various species. This will aid in our comprehension of the underlying mechanisms of these processes.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Enzyme catalysis kinetics
• Haem proteins and enzymes reacting with peroxides
• Light-induced reactions
• Electron transfer in proteins and enzymes
• Continuous flow studies
• Stopped flow studies
• Kinetics obtained live in the liquid state
• Kinetics obtained from sets of samples frozen different times after a process starts
• Rapid freeze-quench methodologies of preparing samples
• Mechanism models verified by kinetics data
• Kinetics modelling
• Spectra deconvolution methods

Dr. Dimitri Svistunenko
Guest Editor

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• biochemical reaction kinetics
• proteins and enzymes kinetics
• rapid freeze-quench
• RFQ
• singular value decomposition
• SVD
• spectroscopy
• kinetics modelling
• reaction mechanism