These disorders can be serious, even deadly, and are usually caused by a genetic malfunction that impacts enzyme production.

The mechanism of enzyme catalysis is similar in principle to other types of chemical catalysis, for instance by involving a combination of several different types of catalysis. Determining enzyme ...

Different enzymes contain up to 20 different amino acids linked together to form a chain which then folds into the globular enzyme shape. Enzymes have active sites which only match specific ...