W. W. "Mo" Cleland: a catalytic life

Biochemistry. 2013 Dec 23;52(51):9092-6. doi: 10.1021/bi4015709. Epub 2013 Dec 10.

Abstract

Professor W. Wallace Cleland, the architect of modern steady-state enzyme kinetics, died on March 6, 2013, from injuries sustained in a fall outside of his home. He will be most remembered for giving the enzyme community Ping-Pong kinetics and the invention of dithiothreitol (DTT). He pioneered the utilization of heavy atom isotope effects for the elucidation of the chemical mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. His favorite research journal was Biochemistry, in which he published more than 135 papers beginning in 1964 with the disclosure of DTT.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article
  • Portrait

MeSH terms

  • Biocatalysis* / drug effects
  • Biochemistry / history*
  • Deuterium Exchange Measurement / history
  • Dithiothreitol / chemistry
  • Dithiothreitol / pharmacology
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Enzymes / chemistry
  • Enzymes / metabolism*
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Kinetics*
  • Malate Dehydrogenase (NADP+) / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Malate Dehydrogenase (NADP+) / chemistry
  • Malate Dehydrogenase (NADP+) / metabolism
  • Models, Biological*
  • Oxidation-Reduction / drug effects
  • Philately / history
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • Reducing Agents / chemistry
  • Reducing Agents / pharmacology
  • Spectrophotometry / history
  • Sulfhydryl Reagents / chemistry
  • Sulfhydryl Reagents / pharmacology
  • United States
  • Wisconsin

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Enzymes
  • Proteins
  • Reducing Agents
  • Sulfhydryl Reagents
  • Malate Dehydrogenase (NADP+)
  • Dithiothreitol

Personal name as subject

  • W W Cleland