Saturday 3 December 2016

Classification of enzymes
Enzymes can be classified by the kind of chemical reaction catalyzed.
1.     Addition or removal of water
A.    Hydrolases - these include esterases, carbohydrases, nucleases, deaminases, amidases, and proteases
B.    Hydrases -such as fumarase, enolase, aconitase and carbonic anhydrase
2.     Transfer of electrons
A.    Oxidases
B.    Dehydrogenases
3.     Transfer of a radical
A.    Transglycosidases - of monosaccharides
B.    Transphosphorylases and phosphomutases - of a phosphate group
C.    Transaminases - of amino group
D.    Transmethylases - of a methyl group
E.    Transacetylases - of an acetyl group
4.     Splitting or forming a C-C bond
A.    Desmolases
5.     Changing geometry or structure of a molecule
A.    Isomerases
6.     Joining two molecules through hydrolysis of pyrophosphate bond in ATP or other tri-phosphate
A.    Ligases


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