tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834252248412211498.post5863956522429868692..comments2023-10-02T19:15:59.038+10:00Comments on BIPH3001-Frontiers in Biophysics 2010: Ratchet?Mitch Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12435777631824415803noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5834252248412211498.post-40762958969895224992010-10-05T22:36:23.477+10:002010-10-05T22:36:23.477+10:00I quite like the way you've chosen to reiterat...I quite like the way you've chosen to reiterate this example using a different analogy. Certainly we can treat the activation barrier as our spring, and the removal of products as a pull of the rod across one of the springs, which then pop up and prevent it from moving back across that activation barrier (which from this side is a lot larger)<br /><br />It certainly in a way though makes it somewhat like a one-shot machine to me though, since the activation barrier prevents the reverse reaction from occuring. Still though, clever thinking here.Matt Grevetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319569394511737669noreply@blogger.com