ABSTRACT
The area of enzymology is of special interest to both the biological and physical sciences. While no one can know more than a fraction of the total definitive and descriptive information on enzymes, all must build their work on certain common, basic facts and principles concerning enzymes. Enzymes, as catalysts, are of great interest to the physical chemist, and investigation of the mechanisms of action of enzymes is a very important area of enzymology. Enzymology has important practical applications to activities as diverse as brewing and industrial fermentations, pest control and chemical warfare, dry cleaning, sizing and detergents, analytical determinations, and recombinant Deoxyribonucleic acid technology. The area of enzymology has continued to grow rapidly because of its importance to a large number of the sciences, especially biochemistry, physical chemistry, microbiology, genetics, botany, zoology, food science, nutrition, pharmacology, toxicology, pathology, physiology, medicine, and chemical engineering.
