Electromagnetic induced kinetic effects on charged substrates in localized enzyme systems

Abstract

An analytical expression for the rate efficiency factor of planar localized enzyme systems is derived. The derivation takes into account the isothermal kinetic effect under the externally imposed perturbation of combined electrostatic and high frequency time‐varying fields. The contribution of each individual field to the enzyme reaction is examined through the basic mechanism in which charged substrates interact, with the specific perturbing field. The interaction mechanisms for the electrostatic and for the time‐varying fields are found to be different. This difference regulates the different manners in which enzymatic reaction rates are altered. Enzymatic reactions under electrostatic perturbation can be retarded or enhanced depending on the field polarization. At sufficiently high field intensities the reaction rate may approach zero or approach a maximum value equal to the turnover number of the enzyme. Time‐varying field perturbations, on the other hand, always enhance the enzymatic reactions if bunching effects are negligible. At sufficiently high field intensities, the reaction may approach a value equal to that of the free enzyme system. Several typical numerical examples on pure electrostatic field perturbations, pure time‐varying field perturbations, and combined field perturbations are also presented.