Enzymes are the molecular machines that make life possible. Working as catalysts, teams of enzymes carry out the processes that power the bodies of living things, from making DNA to digesting food. This book explains what enzymes are, what they do, and how they do it, from enzymes inside our cells to those in washing powders and food production.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: No Enzymes, No Life
- 2: Making Things Happen - Catalysis
- 3: The Chemical Nature of Enzymes
- 4: Structure for Catalysis
- 5: Enzymes in Action
- 6: Metabolic Pathways and Enzyme Evolution
- 7: Enzymes and Disease
- 8: Enzymes as Tools
- 9: Enzymes and Genes - New Horizons
- References
- Further reading
- Index
