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MHT CET · BIOLOGY · STD 11 - 6. Biomolecules

Enzymes that catalyse removal of group of atoms from substrate molecule, other than hydrolysis, leaving double bonds are -

  1. A transferases
  2. B ligases
  3. C hydrolases
  4. D lyases
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(D) lyases

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i. Transferases shift functional groups from one molecule to another.
ii. Ligases join two large molecules using the energy obtained from hydrolysis of an energy-rich compound like ATP, GTP
iii. Hydrolases use water to break bonds.