Introduction to Enzyme and Coenzyme Chemistry

Representation of Protein Three-Dimensional Structures x

1 From Jack Beans to Designer Genes 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 The discovery of enzymes 1

1.3 The discovery of coenzymes 2

1.4 The commercial importance of enzymes in biosynthesis and biotechnology 3

1.5 The importance of enzymes as targets for drug discovery 5

2 All Enzymes Are Proteins 7

2.1 Introduction 7

2.2 The structures of t...