I'm referring to the Lysozyme Mechanism passage IX (page 149 in TBR Biology Part II) #57.
The question asks whether the acid-base mechanism that a lysozyme goes through is covalent or non-covalent. From what I made out of the picture, a COOH loses a proton while an oxygen gains it (becoming OH).
Why does this mechanism involve noncovalent (as opposed to covalent) catalysis? Aren't C-H bonds covalent?
The question asks whether the acid-base mechanism that a lysozyme goes through is covalent or non-covalent. From what I made out of the picture, a COOH loses a proton while an oxygen gains it (becoming OH).
Why does this mechanism involve noncovalent (as opposed to covalent) catalysis? Aren't C-H bonds covalent?