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A physical organic mechanistic approach to understanding the complex reaction network of hemostasis (blood clotting)
Author(s) -
Kastrup Christian J.,
Ismagilov Rustem F.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of physical organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1395
pISSN - 0894-3230
DOI - 10.1002/poc.1242
Subject(s) - chemistry , blood clotting , biochemical engineering , hemostasis , organic reaction , nanotechnology , computational chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , psychology , medicine , materials science , psychiatry , engineering
This review focuses on how the mechanistic approach of physical organic chemistry can be used to elucidate the mechanisms behind complex biochemical networks. The dynamics of biochemical reaction networks is difficult to describe by considering their individual reactions, just as the dynamics of organic reactions is difficult to describe by considering individual electrons and atomic nuclei. Physical organic chemists have developed a useful set of tools to predict the outcome of organic reactions by separating the interacting molecules into modules (functional groups), and defining general rules for how these modules interact (mechanisms). This review shows how these tools of physical organic chemistry may be used to describe reaction networks. In addition, it describes the application of these tools to develop a mechanistic understanding of the dynamics of the complex network of hemostasis, which regulates blood clotting. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.