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

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

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.