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Hydrase vs Hydrolase - What's the difference?

hydrase | hydrolase |

As nouns the difference between hydrase and hydrolase

is that hydrase is (chemistry) an enzyme that catalyzes the addition of water while hydrolase is hydrolase.

hydrase

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the addition of water.

    • Synonyms

    * hydratase

    hydrolase

    English

    (wikipedia hydrolase)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a substrate.