1. The activation energy for the hydrolytic breaking of a peptid linkage has been calculated from quantum mechanical considerations.
2. The relative catalytic effects of H+ and OH- and the mechanism of these effects have been calculated and discussed.
3. These effects are both qualitatively and semiquantitatively in agreement with experiment.
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Copyright, 1934, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
1934
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