Chapter 6, Problem 78TQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The dehydration of t-butyl alcohol by arginine–histidine dyad, within an active site.

Introduction:

Tertiary-butyl alcohol or t-butyl alcohol is a simple alcohol that is an isomer of butanol. In arginine–histidine dya, dhe active site of an enzyme is composed of the side chains of arginine and histidine, bonded through a hydrogen bond. This dyad can participate in numerous acid–base catalytic reactions.