The ____is the specific region of the enzyme which combines with the substrate.
active site
LACTOSE LACTASE
GLUCOSE + GALACTOSE
MALTOSE MALTASE
GLUCOSE
CELLULOSE CELLULASE
GLUCOSE
STARCH AMYLASE
MALTOSE
catalyzing redox, ex: lactate dehydrogenase
OXIDORE
DUCTASES
catalyzing a transfer of a group other than hydrogen, between a pair of substrates, ex: hexokinase
TRANSFERASES
Catalyzing hydrolysis of ester, ether, peptide, glycosyl, acid-anhydride, C-C, C-halide, or P-N bonds, ex: lysozyme
HYDROLASES
Catalyzing removal of groups from substrates by mechanisms other than hydrolysis, leaving double bonds, ex: fumarase
LYASES
Catalyzing interconversion of optic, geometric, or positional isomers, ex: triose phosphate isomerase
SOMERASES
Catalyzing linkage of 2 compounds coupled to the breaking of a pyrophosphate bond in ATP or a similar compound, ex: RNA polymerase
LIGASES
lipase, phospholipase, acetylcholinesterase
ESTERASES
diastase, lactase, maltase, invertase, cellulase, hyaluronidase, glucuronidase, lysozyme
CARBOHYDRATES
ribonuclease, desoxyribonuclease, nucleophosphatase
NUCLEASES
adenase, adenosine deaminase
NUCLEIN DEAMINASES
arginase, urease
AMIDASES
pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin, papain, fibrinolysin, streptokinase, urokinase
PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES
COENZYMES are
Non-protein organic compounds
A substance that enhances the action of an enzymes
COENZYMES
They cannot by themselves catalyze a reaction but they can help enzymes to do so.
COENZYMES