Answer to Question #181979 in General Chemistry for Fatima

Question

To which class do the enzymes catalysed in each of the following reactions belong?

Suggest a systematic name for the enzyme.

a) The acetyl group is coupled to a double bond.

b) It transfers an acyl group from one compound to another.

c) Hydrogen is transferred from one substrate to another.

d) Water is consumed and a bond is hydrolysed.

e) It catalyses reactions in which two molecules are joined.

Answer 1

The diversity of actions and applications of enzymes are due to different substrate and reaction specificities. Enzymes are actually classified into seven classes, namely oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases, ligases, and translocases.