Enzymes : a very short introduction /
"Enzymes are the astonishing, tiny molecular machines that make life possible. Each one of these small proteins speeds up a single chemical reaction inside a living organism many millionfold. Working together, teams of enzymes carry out all the processes that collectively we recognise as life, from...
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| Lingua: | inglese |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Serie: | Very short introductions ;
661. |
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Sommario:
- No enzymes, no life
- Making things happen : catalysis
- The chemical nature of enzymes
- Structure for catalysis
- Enzymes in action
- Metabolic pathways and enzyme evolution
- Enzymes and disease
- Enzymes as tools
- Enzymes and genes : new horizons.