Thirteenth Enzyme Mechanisms Conference

The Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Enzyme Mechanisms, organized by John A. Gerlt (Chair), Cynthia Burrows, Lawrence Marnett, Thomas Meek, and C. Dale Poulter, was held on January 6-9, 1993 at Key Largo, Florida. A total of 21 formal talks covering a broad array of topics in the general areas of enzyme mechanisms and bioorganic chemistry were given. In addition, two poster sessions were held with a total of over 100 posters being presented. In the following, a brief synopsis of each of the major talks, as well as a few select references to recent work in the area of the talk, are given. Also, the titles and authors of the posters are listed. It is hoped that this brief summary of the meeting not only will indicate the types of studies currently of interest to mechanism oriented bioorganic chemists, but also will serve as a starting point for those who wish to delve more deeply into the topics that were discussed.