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- February 16, 2006 at 6:18 am #3653kiekyonParticipant
how are enzymes named?
- February 16, 2006 at 7:57 am #41052armyParticipant
They’re usually named after the reaction they handle as well as their substrate or their products. And they usually use suffix -ase.
e’g. RNA polimerase is an enzyme which helps RNA polimeration.
amylase degrade amylum.
you’d better read biochemistry book for more details - February 16, 2006 at 9:40 am #41057kiekyonParticipant
❓ 💡 😉 tq
- February 20, 2006 at 6:12 am #41314Dr.SteinParticipant
There are some ways to name enzyme. The basic one is already mentioned above. The second way is by their action type e.g. katalase to catalyze, kinase to make or create, lyase to lyse and so on. The other way is by numbers as a code, this really is for experts (I hate numbers grr) 🙂
- February 23, 2006 at 11:42 am #41601cool A-level studentParticipant
yer like protease is called that because it breaks down protein
or lipase that breaks down lipids
always remember enzyme names normally end is ase other than a few like pepsin that break that rule - February 23, 2006 at 6:23 pm #41627MrMisteryParticipant
That used to go. Put with a few thousant enzymes being discovered every year, you can’t really give all of them names. So now, enzymes, like other proteins, are simply given some numbers as their name. I don’t know the exact procedure unfortunately…
- February 25, 2006 at 8:04 am #41748kiekyonParticipant
i’ve check and it seems that they are given 4 digits
the first digit refer to he class of enzyme
second refers to the class of coenzyme
the third, substrate
and the fourth refers to its registration no. - February 25, 2006 at 7:07 pm #41787MrMisteryParticipant
Thanks for the info. I already forgot it, but i will come back here if i ever need the info
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