lyase activity
Term Information
- Accession
- GO:0016829
- Ontology
- molecular function
- Synonyms
- narrow: other lyase activity
- Definition
- Catalysis of the cleavage of C-C, C-O, C-N and other bonds by other means than by hydrolysis or oxidation, or conversely adding a group to a double bond. They differ from other enzymes in that two substrates are involved in one reaction direction, but only one in the other direction. When acting on the single substrate, a molecule is eliminated and this generates either a new double bond or a new ring. [source:
EC:4.-.-.-, ISBN:0198547684]
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