A cyclic enzyme system is a theoretical system of two
enzyme
Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as products. A ...
s sharing a single substrate or
cofactor, also referred to as a biochemical switching device. It has been used as a
biochemical
Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology an ...
implementation of a simple
computational device, acting as a chemical
diode
A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance); it has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction, and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other.
A diode ...
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See also
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Biocomputer
Biological computers use biologically derived molecules — such as DNA and/or proteins — to perform digital or real computations.
The development of biocomputers has been made possible by the expanding new science of nanobiotechnology. The ter ...
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Computational gene
A computational gene is a molecular automaton consisting of a structural part and a functional part; and its design is such that it might work in a cellular environment.
The structural part is a naturally occurring gene, which is used as a skelet ...
References
Enzymes
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