Comprehensive Biological Catalysis: A Mechanistic Reference

Comprehensive Biological Catalysis: A Mechanistic Reference offers a comprehensive review of enzyme catalysis from a chemical perspective. This multi-volume work thoroughly covers background chemistry. The first volume concentrates on reactions of electrophilic carbon, phosphorous and sulfur. Volume Two provides reactions of nucleophilic/carbanoid carbon. Volume Three highlights radical reactions and oxidation/reduction. The final volume, or the chemical lexicon, consists of clear explanations of alphabetically-arranged specialized terms and concepts. A team of highly regarded authors and editors were gathered together to contribute to a clear and consistent coverage of enzyme catalysis.

Key Features
• Offers the first comprehensive treatment of enzyme catalysis from a chemical viewpoint
• Lists enzyme reactions by chemical type rather than biological process catalyzed
• Presents enzyme catalysis from a chemical perspective
• Provides clear explanations of chemical concepts in chemical lexicon
• Contains rigorous reviewing and editing which result in coherent, fluid, non-overlapping text
• Features carefully selected authors and excellent indexing

Audience: Academic librarians; academic and industrial research groups using enzymes for any purpose; librarians working for pharmaceutical companies, brewing, the chemical/biochemical industry, paper industry, and agricultural companies; medical librarians.