Enzymes : a very short introduction / Paul Engel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engel, Paul C., author.

Series:

Very short introductions.

Very short introductions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enzymes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 2, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-255880-3

0-19-255881-1

0-19-186382-3