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 a Synthase.

 Aconitase

 Adenyl Cyclase

 ATP-Citrate Lyase

 Carbonic Anhydrase

 Carboxylases

 Cystathionine Beta-Synthase

 Decarboxylases

 Glutathione Synthetase

 Guanyl Cyclase

 Methioninase

 Nitric Oxide Synthase