Announcement \Chapter 8 Enzymes: Basic Concepts and Kinetics\ in Lubert Stryer's \Biochemistry\ (Fourth Edition) will be used as my major lecture material, which is available for you to Xerox from your TAs. Chapter 8 in Lehninger's“ Principles of Biochemistry can be used as a reference
ENZYMES ARE HIGHLY SPECIFIC Enzymes are highly specific both in the reaction catalyzed and in their choice of reactants, which are called substrales. An enzyme usually cata- lyzes a single chemical reaction or a set of closely related reactions. Side