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Enzymes
Chapter 19 Chem 1031
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Biochemistry
Undergraduate 1
03/05/2013

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NAD/NADH
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ATP
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ATP
Definition
transports chemical energy within cells for metabolism    
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oxidize
Definition

catalyzes a redox oxidation-reduction reaction involving molecular oxygen (O2) as the electron acceptor like glucose oxidase or Cytochrome-c oxidase

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reductase
Definition

catalyzes a reduction reaction such as ribonucleotide reductase which forms the deoxyribonucleotides required for the production od DNA

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Kinases or phosphotransferase transfer ...
Definition

phosphate group transferred by..

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Hydrolases
Definition
cleave bonds by adding water  
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Lipase
Definition

Water soluble enzymes that hydrolyze the ester bond of water insoluble lipids

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PhosphoLipase
Definition
enzymes that hydrolyze phospholipids
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Lyases
Definition

A broad category of enzymes that break bonds by means other than oxidation or hydrolysis

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Decarboxylases
Definition

cleave the bond between the carboxyl group and the α carbon of amino acids and can decarboxylate other other organic acids

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Pyruvate decarboxylase 
Definition
is a homotetrameric enzyme (4 identical subunits)
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