Chapter 19, Problem 19.56QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

An example of an enzyme with stereochemical specificity and the advantage of stereochemical specificity to that enzyme have to be determined.

Concept Introduction:

Only the substrates that can fit into the enzyme’s active site can undergo some chemical reaction and form the product under an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. This is known as enzyme specificity.

There are four kinds of specificities in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction namely absolute specificity, group specificity, linkage specificity, and stereochemical specificity.