What do you call a protein that catalyzes reaction?
1 Answer
Oct 5, 2017
an enzyme
Explanation:
The proteins that catalyze all sorts of reaction are called enzymes. There are various types of enzyme:
- Oxidoreductase: These enzymes help with redox reactions
- Trasferases: These transfer groups from one molecule to another
- Hyrolases: These catalyze hyrdolysis reactions
- Lyases: cleave molecules with in other ways than hydrolysis
- isomerases: catalyse isomerisation reactions
- Ligase: bind two molecules together
