2024 Re-NEET BiomoleculesEnzyme classification - lyases Medium Question 20 of 107 in Biomolecules

Enzymes that catalyse the removal of groups from substrates by mechanisms other than hydrolysis leaving double bonds, are known as:

A Transferases
B Oxidoreductases
C Dehydrogenases
D Lyases

The answer is D.

Solution

Lyases catalyse the removal of groups from substrates by mechanisms other than hydrolysis, leaving double bonds (or, in the reverse reaction, adding groups to double bonds).

Concept Enzyme classification - lyases

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