脱だつ離り酵こう素そ

noun

lyase

Biochemistry term for an enzyme that catalyzes the breaking of chemical bonds by means other than hydrolysis or oxidation, often forming a new double bond or ring structure. Cross-referenced with リアーゼ, a common katakana equivalent.

See also: リアーゼ

• 脱だつ離り酵こう素そは、基き質しつから特とく定ていの原げん子し団だんを非ひ加か水すい分ぶん解かい的てきに除じょ去きょする反はん応のうを触しょく媒ばいする。

  Lyases catalyze reactions that remove specific groups from substrates non-hydrolytically.