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Epimerase vs Lyase - What's the difference?

epimerase | lyase |

As nouns the difference between epimerase and lyase

is that epimerase is (enzyme) any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry while lyase is lyase.

epimerase

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry.

    • lyase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia lyase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific form of bond