•There are 6 major
classes of enzymes:
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1.Oxidoreductases which are involved in oxidation, reduction, and electron or proton transfer reactions;
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2.Transferases, catalysing reactions in which groups are transferred;
• 3.Hydrolases which cleave various covalent
bonds by hydrolysis; 4
• 4.Lyases
catalyse reactions forming or breaking double bonds;
• 5.Isomerases
catalyse isomerisation reactions;
• 6.Ligases join
substituents together covalently.
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