Comprehensive Biological Catalysis A Mechanistic Reference Book

Contributors.
Preface.

Volume I - Reactions of Electrophilic Carbon, Phosphorus and Sulfur:
S-Adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent Methyltransferases 1.
Prenyl Transfer and the Enzymes of Terpenoid and Steroid Biosynthesis.
Glycosol Transfer.
Mechanism of Folate-requiring Enzymes in One-carbon Metabolism.
Hydride and Alkyl Group Shifts in the Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones.
Phosphoenolpyruvate as an Electrophile: Carboxyvinyl Transfer Reactions.
Physical Organic Chemistry of Acyl Transfer Reactions.
Catalytic Mechanisms of the Aspartic Proteinases.
The Serine Proteinases.
Cysteine Proteinases.
Zinc Proteinases.
Esterases and Lipases.
Reactions of Carbon at the Carbon Dioxide Level of Oxidation.
Transfer of the PO32 Group.
Phosphate Disesterases and Triesterases.
Ribozymes.
Catalysis of tRNA Aminoacylation by Class I and Class II Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases.
Thiol-disulfide Exchange of Divalent Sulfur.
Svi: Sulfotransferases.

Volume II - Reactions of Nucleophilic/Carbanionoid Carbon:
The Chemistry of Carbanions and Carbanion-like Transition States.
Inversion of Stereocenters.
Enol Chemistry and Enzymology.
Michael Additions and E1cb-like Elimination.
Reactions of Enzyme-derived Enamines.
Pyridoxal Phosphate-dependent Enzymes.
Pyruvoyl-dependent Enzymes.
Thiamin-dependent Enzymes.

Volume III - Radical Reactions and Oxidation/Reduction:
NAD+ and NADP-linked Reactions.
Flavin-dependent Enzymes.
Quinoprotein-catalysed Reactions.
The Tetrahydropterin-dependent Hydroxylases.
Heme Enzymes.
Corrin-dependent Reactions.
Catalysis by Non-heme Iron.
The Nitrogenases.
Nickel-dependent Redox Enzymes.
Molybdenum Metalloenzymes.
Copper Metalloenzymes.
Vanadium-dependent Redox Enzymes: Vanadium Haloperoxidase.
Manganese Metalloenzymes.

Volume IV - The Lexicon of Terms and Concepts in Mechanistic Enzymology and Index to Volumes I-III:
Volume IV contains substantial entries and a number of dictionary-style definitions which refer to these entries. The substantial entries are:
Affinity Labelling.
beta-Barrel Folding Pattern.
Circular Dichroism.
Diffusion Controlled Reactions.
Elementary aspects of protein structure.
EPR Spectroscopy.
General Acid-General Base Catalysis.
Introns and Exons.
Isotope Effects.
Linear Free Energy Relationships.
Mössbauer Spectroscopy.
Non-Steady State Kinetics.
Prochirality.
Quantum Mechanical Tunnelling.
Raman and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy.
Rossmann Fold.
SQUID Magnetometry.
Steady State Kinetics.
Transition State.
Transition State Analogue.
X-ray Absorption.