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The term “acid-base reaction” is taken here in the broadest sense; that is, it includes any reaction involving a heterolytic cleavage and/or formation of covalent bonds, without an apparent transfer of an odd number of electrons. This definition covers most of the enzymatic reactions other than oxidation-reduction reactions. Enzymes included in this category are the majority of transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases, and ligases (synthetases).
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Ochiai, EI. (1987). Enzymes in Acid-Base Reactions. In: General Principles of Biochemistry of the Elements. Biochemistry of the Elements, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5371-3_5
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