University:
The Pennsylvania State University
Course:
BMB 401 | General Biochemistry
Academic year:

2023
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249

Pages:

3
Author:

Charlee Buchanan

ENZYME NOMENCLATURE TRIVIAL NAMES 1. SUBSTRATE • Name of enzyme usually indicates the substrate involved. • By convention, an enzyme is named by adding the suffix ‘ase’ to the name of its substrate. EXAMPLES Lactase → hydrolysis of lactose Sucrase → hydrolysis of sucrose Maltase → hydrolysis of maltose …fails to give a full information regarding the nature of reaction and other factors playing role in the reaction. 2. REACTION Enzymes are named to indicate nature of reaction catalyzed without specifying substrate EXAMPLE Dehydrogenase → removal of hydrogen from substrate. Oxidase → oxidation-reduction reaction Proteinase → Lipase → 3. SPLITTING REACTIONS Add suffix “lytic” to denote splitting EXAMPLE Proteolytic → Lipolytic →