Studies on the Mechanism of Formation of Optically Active Substances in Living Organisms. Part Ⅰ. General Consideration on the Stereospecificities of Enzymes and on the Possible Occurence of A New Supposed Enzyme

生體內의 光學的活性物質의 生成機構에 關한 硏究 (第 1 報) 酵素의 光學的特異性 및 新假定酵素 "Inverskinase" 의 存在의 可能性에대한 一般的考察

Upon the basis of the results obtained hitherto in the studies of the stereochemical reaction mechanisms, the author has concluded that the stereospecificity of enzymes has essentially a relative character. And the author has pointed out the possibility of the occurrence of a new enzyme "inverskinase", which catalyses the reversible inversions such as D-compound ${\leftrighyarrow}$ L-compound in living organisms, and considered the stereospecificity of enzymes and the optical purity of components of living organism from this new standpoint.