Lyases

Description

Lyases are a group of Enzymes that catalyze the elimination of groups to form double bonds.  They catalyze non-hydrolytic and non-oxidative elimination reactions, or lysis of a substrate, generating a double bond. In the reverse direction, Lyases catalyze the addition of one substrate to a double bond of a second substrate. A Lyase that catalyzes an addition reaction in Cells is often termed ...