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THE change of the catalytic enzyme activity under the influence of an external magnetic field was demonstrated for carboxydismutase1, for glutamate dehydrogenase2 and for trypsin3. Dorfman4 was the first to predict these magneto-catalytic effects and more recent theoretical discussions are due to Neurath5, Valentinuzzi6 and Gross7. The following summary is based on Dorfman's work.
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HABERDITZL, W. Enzyme Activity in High Magnetic Fields. Nature 213, 72–73 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213072a0
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