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Title: question about enzyme classification
Post by: studytogether on July 28, 2008, 09:32:36 AM

is MAO a kind of Molybdenum Hydroylase?

Is there any source on the internet can I loof for the classification of all enzymes? Such as the list of all Molybdenum Hydroylase?

thx 4 teaching ::)

Title: Re: question about enzyme classification
Post by: Yggdrasil on July 28, 2008, 08:21:37 PM

At the most basic level, enzymes are classified into one of 6 categories (oxidoreductase, transferase, hydrolase, lyase, isomerase, and ligase) based on the type of reaction they catalyze (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EC_number for more information).  Monoamine oxidase would be classified as an oxidoreductase because it catalyzes the oxidation of a primary amine to an aldehyde.  It would not be classified as a hydrolase, because these enzymes catalyze hydrolysis/condensation reactions, not oxidation/reduction reactions.

Title: Re: question about enzyme classification
Post by: studytogether on July 29, 2008, 12:35:09 AM

thx a lot! ;D