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Also known as lyases

In biochemistry, a lyase is an enzyme that catalyzes the breaking (an elimination reaction) of various chemical bonds by means other than hydrolysis (a substitution reaction) and oxidation, often forming a new double bond or a new ring structure. The reverse reaction is also possible (called a Michael reaction). For example, an enzyme that catalyzed this reaction would be a lyase:

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Subclass of
enzyme
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Category:Lyases
Commons category
EC 4. Lyases
EC enzyme number
4.-.-.-
different from
LIAZ
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