Leader: Vytas K. Švedas
[full text is under construction] Biokinetics Dept. was established in 1965 by famous physicochemist Ilya Berezin based on soviet school of enzyme kinetics founded by Nikolay Semenov. Department is engaged in the kinetic study of biological phenomena at the molecular level and exploration of enzymatic mechanisms defining the rate of biological processes. Department has more than 30 years of experience in biocatalysis and design of biocatalytic processes. Latest research topics include search for new applications of enzymes in organic synthesis, optimization of biocatalytic conversions, molecular modelling and rational design of enzymes using methods of theoretical chemistry, bioinformatics, steered and regular molecular dynamics as well as hybrid computational approaches. Laboratory is dealing with kinetics and thermodynamics of enzymatic hydrolysis and synthesis of lactam antibiotics, N-acylated amino acids and their analogues as well as with specificity and stereospecificity of different amidohydrolases. A new thread in department's research activity is associated with in silico methodologies - bioinformatics and molecular modeling - to explore molecular basis of enzymatic transformations, structure-function relationship and promiscuous properties of natural biocatalysts. |
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