Enzymes

Enzymes and Anti-enzymes of Inflammatory Exudates

The serum of an inflammatory exudate has the power of inhibiting the action of proteolytic ferments contained in the leucocytes. This anti-enzymotic power is possessed by the blood serum from which it doubtless passes into the exudate. In the later stages of inflammation there is some diminution of this anti-enzymotic action. The anti-body contained in the serum is destroyed by a temperature of...

Molybdenum enzymes.

There are many molybdenum-containing enzymes distributed throughout the biosphere. The availability of molybdenum to biological systems is due to the high water solubility of oxidized forms of the metal. Molybdenum enzymes can be grouped on the basis of the structure of the metal centre. Three principal families of enzyme exist, with active sites consisting of (ppt)MoOS(OH) (the molybdenum hydr...

Proteolytic enzymes.

The Enzymes

This book, dedicated to the memory of Dr. Walter B. Cannon, is an excellent review of the problems of chemical transmission in the nervous system. The first section deals with chemical transmission at autonomic neuroeffector junctions. It omits some important topics, such as supersensitivity of denervated structures, because they have been treated by the author in another recent book. Emphasis ...

Artificial Enzymes