The molecules were acting like enzymes, and yet they were much, much smaller: the molecular weight of a TAML is about 500 daltons (a dalton is equal to one twelfth the mass of carbon 12, the most abundant isotope of carbon), whereas the weight of horserad
The molecules were acting like enzymes, and yet they were much, much smaller: the molecular weight of a TAML is about 500 daltons (a dalton is equal to one twelfth the mass of carbon 12, the most abundant isotope of carbon), whereas the weight of horserad
这些分子的作用方式很像酵素，不过远比酵素小得多：一个TAML的分子量大约是500道尔顿（1道尔顿等于氢原子的质量）；相较之下，在酵素里算小的「辣根过氧化酶」，分子量就约有四万道尔顿。