Epoxides are three-membered cyclic ethers created in the metabolism of foreign substances and as endogenous metabolites. Epoxide hydrolases (EHs) are enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of epoxides to yield the related diols. EHs have been implicated in diverse functions like detoxification of
Full Title: Studies of key enzymes involved in the assembly of the tetrapyrroles The structurally related tetrapyrrolic pigments are a group of natural products that include the haems, the chlorophylls, and the corrinoids. These compounds participate in many of the fundamental biosynthetic
In the pentose phosphate pathway, carbohydrates such as glucose and ribose are degraded with production of reductive power and energy. Another important function is to produce essential pentoses, such as ribose 5-phosphate, which later can be used in biosynthesis of nucleic acids
The hydrolysis kinetics of bacterial cellulose and its derivatives by Trichoderma reesei cellulases was studied. The cellulose surface erosion model was introduced to explain the gradual and strong retardation of the rate of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose. This model identifies the decrease