Enzyme Chemistry. By H. Tauber, Ph.D. Pp. xii + 213. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1937. 15s
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- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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- 56
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- 0368-4075
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โฆ Synopsis
Pepsin, thanks to Northrop, is a hnown crystnllinc compound nnd therc arc strong grounds for regarding it ns itself R protein. Tho samc workcr has obtaincd crystals of trypsinqgen, which is an innctivc protcin convcrtiblc into act#ivc tryptasc.
The author is doing good work in establishing n nomcnclaturc for thcsc enzymes which, though a t first Right it may tippear awk\vard and cvcn iuvolvcd, ie highly dcsirablc in thc interests of accuracy and ultimatc simplification. E. F. A. process, t;lic wholc oxygen consumption consisting of three parts which miiy be distinguishcd :is I' hsmin respirtition, light respinition i i n d rest respiration." It, is gcncrally nssiimcd that tdic light rc:iction consists in the dchydrogcnation of t i sulxitimcc Inbcllcd " lucifcrin " by ill1 pnzynic, lucifcriise. A ncw nianornctric nictliod for tlic enzymiitic tl~tcrniiniit~ion of argininc by Hunt,dr ant1 Pcttigrcm of Toronto is of importslice in conticxion with protcin hytIrolysnt.cs :utd t,rypt,ic digests.
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