Enzymes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

v t e Enzymes
Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Catalytically perfect enzyme Coenzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis
Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator
Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes
Kinetics	Enzyme kinetics Eadie–Hofstee diagram Hanes–Woolf plot Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases (list) EC2 Transferases (list) EC3 Hydrolases (list) EC4 Lyases (list) EC5 Isomerases (list) EC6 Ligases (list)

v t e Oxidoreductases: alcohol oxidoreductases (EC 1.1)
1.1.1: NAD/NADP acceptor	3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase Alcohol dehydrogenase Aldo-keto reductase 1A1 1B1 1B10 1C1 1C3 1C4 7A2 Aldose reductase Beta-Ketoacyl ACP reductase Carbohydrate dehydrogenases Carnitine dehydrogenase D-malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) DXP reductoisomerase Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase HMG-CoA reductase IMP dehydrogenase Isocitrate dehydrogenase Lactate dehydrogenase L-threonine dehydrogenase L-xylulose reductase Malate dehydrogenase Malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) Malate dehydrogenase (NADP+) Malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) Malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) (NADP+) Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase Sorbitol dehydrogenase Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase: 3β 3β-HSD NSDHL 11β 11β-HSD1 11β-HSD2 17β
1.1.2: cytochrome acceptor	D-lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome) D-lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome c-553) Mannitol dehydrogenase (cytochrome)
1.1.3: oxygen acceptor	Glucose oxidase L-gulonolactone oxidase Xanthine oxidase
1.1.4: disulfide as acceptor	Vitamin K epoxide reductase Vitamin-K-epoxide reductase (warfarin-insensitive)
1.1.5: quinone/similar acceptor	Malate dehydrogenase (quinone) Quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase
1.1.99: other acceptors	Choline dehydrogenase L2HGDH

v t e Aldehyde/oxo oxidoreductases (EC 1.2)
1.2.1: NAD or NADP	Aldehyde dehydrogenase Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase Long-chain-aldehyde dehydrogenase
1.2.2: cytochrome	Formate dehydrogenase (cytochrome)
1.2.3: oxygen	Aldehyde oxidase
1.2.4: disulfide	Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex Pyruvate dehydrogenase Branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex BCKDHA BCKDHB DBT DLD
1.2.7: iron-sulfur protein	Pyruvate synthase

v t e Oxidoreductases: CH–CH oxidoreductases (EC 1.3)
1.3.1: NAD/NADP acceptor	Enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase/Enoyl ACP reductase 7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase Biliverdin reductase 2,4 Dienoyl-CoA reductase Dihydroxymethyloxo-tetrahydroquinoline dehydrogenase
1.3.3: Oxygen acceptor	Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase Coproporphyrinogen III oxidase Protoporphyrinogen oxidase Bilirubin oxidase Acyl-CoA oxidase Dihydrouracil oxidase Tetrahydroberberine oxidase Secologanin synthase Tryptophan alpha,beta-oxidase Pyrroloquinoline-quinone synthase L-galactonolactone oxidase
1.3.5: Quinone	Succinate dehydrogenase SDHA SDHB SDHC SDHD
1.3.99: Other acceptors	Fumarate reductase Butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase Acyl CoA dehydrogenase ACADSB ACADS 5α-reductase SRD5A1 SRD5A2 SRD5A3 Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase Isovaleryl coenzyme A dehydrogenase 3-oxo-5beta-steroid 4-dehydrogenase

v t e CH-NH₂ oxidoreductases (EC 1.4) - primarily amino acid oxidoreductases
1.4.1: NAD/NADP acceptor	Glutamate dehydrogenase GLUD1 GLUD2 Glutamate synthase (NADPH)
1.4.3: oxygen acceptor	D-amino acid oxidase Amine oxidase (Copper-containing (Lysyl Diamine Primary-amine)) (Flavin-containing (Monoamine)))
1.4.4: disulfide acceptor	Glycine cleavage system
1.4.99: other acceptors	D-amino acid dehydrogenase Amine dehydrogenase

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v t e Oxidoreductases: CH-NH (EC 1.5)
1.5.1: NAD or NADP acceptor	Dihydrofolate reductase Saccharopine dehydrogenase Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
1.5.3: oxygen acceptor	Dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase Sarcosine oxidase Proline oxidase
1.5.5: quinone acceptor	Electron-transferring-flavoprotein dehydrogenase
1.5.99	Sarcosine dehydrogenase Cytokinin dehydrogenase

v t e Oxidoreductases: NADH or NADPH (EC 1.6)
1.6.1: NAD/NADP	NAD(P)⁺ transhydrogenase (Si-specific) NAD(P)⁺ transhydrogenase (Re/Si-specific)
1.6.2: Heme	Methemoglobin reductase NADPH—hemoprotein reductase/Cytochrome P450 reductase NADPH—cytochrome-c2 reductase Leghemoglobin reductase
1.6.3: Oxygen	NADPH oxidase P91-PHOX Neutrophil cytosolic factor 1 Neutrophil cytosolic factor 2 Neutrophil cytosolic factor 4 dual oxidase Dual oxidase 1 Dual oxidase 2
1.6.5: Quinone or similar	NADH dehydrogenase
1.6.6: Nitrogenous group	Trimethylamine-N-oxide reductase
1.6.99: other	NADH dehydrogenase (quinone)

v t e Oxidoreductases: nitrogenous donor (EC 1.7)
1.7.1	GMP reductase
1.7.2	Nitrite reductase (NO-forming)
1.7.3	Urate oxidase
1.7.7	Ferredoxin—nitrite reductase
1.7.99	Hydroxylamine reductase

v t e Oxidoreductases: sulfur oxidoreductases (EC 1.8)
1.8.1: NAD or NADP	Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase Glutathione reductase Thioredoxin reductase
1.8.2: cytochrome	Sulfite dehydrogenase Thiosulfate dehydrogenase
1.8.3: oxygen	Sulfite oxidase
1.8.4: disulfide	Glutathione—homocystine transhydrogenase
1.8.5: quinone	Glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate)
1.8.98: Other, known	CoB—CoM heterodisulfide reductase
1.8.99: Other	Sulfite reductase

v t e Oxidoreductases: peroxidases (EC 1.11)
1.11.1.1-14	NADH peroxidase NADPH peroxidase Fatty-acid peroxidase Catalase Cytochrome c peroxidase Eosinophil peroxidase Glutathione peroxidase GPX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Horseradish peroxidase Lactoperoxidase Myeloperoxidase Thyroid peroxidase Deiodinase Iodothyronine deiodinase Iodotyrosine deiodinase
1.11.1.15 (peroxiredoxin)	1 2 3 4 5 6

v t e Oxidoreductases: monooxygenases (EC 1.13)
1.13.11: two atoms of oxygen	lipoxygenase: Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase Arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase/ALOX12 Arachidonate 8-lipoxygenase Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase/ALOX15 Linoleate 11-lipoxygenase other dioxygenase: Catechol dioxygenase Homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase Cysteine dioxygenase 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase Chlorite dismutase
1.13.12: one atom of oxygen	Firefly luciferase
1.13.99: other	Inositol oxygenase

v t e Oxidoreductases: dioxygenases, including steroid hydroxylases (EC 1.14)
1.14.11: 2-oxoglutarate	Prolyl hydroxylase Lysyl hydroxylase
1.14.13: NADH or NADPH	Flavin-containing monooxygenase FMO1 FMO2 FMO3 FMO4 FMO5 Nitric oxide synthase NOS1 NOS2 NOS3 Cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase Methane monooxygenase 3A4 Lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase 24-hydroxycholesterol 7α-hydroxylase
1.14.14: reduced flavin or flavoprotein	19A1 2D6 2E1
1.14.15: reduced iron-sulfur protein	11B1 11B2 11A1
1.14.16: reduced pteridine (BH4 dependent)	Phenylalanine hydroxylase Tyrosine hydroxylase Tryptophan hydroxylase
1.14.17: reduced ascorbate	Dopamine beta-hydroxylase
1.14.18-19: other	Tyrosinase Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1
1.14.99 - miscellaneous	Cyclooxygenase Heme oxygenase (HMOX1) Squalene monooxygenase 17A1 21A2

v t e Other oxidoreductases (EC 1.15-1.21)
1.15: Acting on superoxide as acceptor	Superoxide dismutase SOD1 SOD2 SOD3
1.16: Oxidizing metal ions	Ceruloplasmin
1.17: Acting on CH or CH2 groups	Xanthine oxidase Ribonucleotide reductase 4-Hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase
1.18: Acting on iron-sulfur proteins as donors	Nitrogenase
1.19: Acting on reduced flavodoxin as donor	Nitrogenase (flavodoxin)
1.20: Acting on phosphorus or arsenic in donors	Glutaredoxin GLRX GLRX2 GLRX3 GLRX5
1.21: Acting on X-H and Y-H to form an X-Y bond	Isopenicillin N synthase Columbamine oxidase Reticuline oxidase Sulochrin oxidase (+)-bisdechlorogeodin-forming (-)-bisdechlorogeodin-forming Aureusidin synthase Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase Cannabidiolic acid synthase Dichlorochromopyrrolate synthase

v t e Transferase: one carbon transferases (EC 2.1)
2.1.1 - Methyltransferases	5-hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase/Acetylserotonin O-methyltransferase - Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase - Catechol-O-methyl transferase - Histamine N-methyltransferase - Homocysteine methyltransferase - 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase - Phosphatidyl ethanolamine methyltransferase - Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase - DNMT3B - Histone methyltransferase - Thymidylate synthase - Tryptamine N-methyltransferase - DNA methyltransferase
2.1.2 - Hydroxy methyl-, Formyl- and Related Transferases	Serine hydroxymethyltransferase - Phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase - Inosine monophosphate synthase - Glutamate formimidoyltransferase - Aminomethyltransferase
2.1.3 - Carboxy- and Carbamoyl transferases	Ornithine transcarbamylase
2.1.4 - Amidino transferases	Arginine:glycine amidinotransferase

v t e Transferases: acyltransferases (EC 2.3)
2.3.1: other than amino-acyl groups	acetyltransferases: Acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase N-Acetylglutamate synthase Choline acetyltransferase Dihydrolipoyl transacetylase Acetyl-CoA C-acyltransferase Beta-galactoside transacetylase Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase N-acetyltransferase Serotonin N-acetyl transferase HGSNAT ARD1A Histone acetyltransferase P300/CBP NAT2 palmitoyltransferases: Carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase CPT1 CPT2 Serine C-palmitoyltransferase SPTLC1 SPTLC2 other: Acyltransferase like 2 Aminolevulinic acid synthase Beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase Glyceronephosphate O-acyltransferase Lecithin—cholesterol acyltransferase Glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 2-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase ABHD5
2.3.2: Aminoacyltransferases	Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase Peptidyl transferase Transglutaminase Tissue transglutaminase Keratinocyte transglutaminase Factor XIII
2.3.3: converted into alkyl on transfer	Citrate synthase ATP citrate lyase HMG-CoA synthase Malate synthase

v t e Transferase: nitrogenous groups (EC 2.6)
2.6.1: Transaminases	Aspartate transaminase GOT1 GOT2 Alanine transaminase GABA transaminase Tyrosine aminotransferase Kynurenine—oxoglutarate transaminase Ornithine aminotransferase Branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase Alanine—glyoxylate transaminase AGXT
2.6.3: Oximinotransferases	Oximinotransferase
2.6.99: Other	Pyridoxine 5'-phosphate synthase

v t e Phosphotransferases/kinases (EC 2.7)
2.7.1 - OH acceptor	Hexo- - Gluco- - Fructo- (Hepatic fructo-) - Galacto- - Phosphofructo- (1, 2) - Thymidine - NAD+ - Glycerol - Pantothenate - Mevalonate - Pyruvate - Deoxycytidine - PFP - Diacylglycerol - Bruton's tyrosine - Phosphoinositide 3 (Class I PI 3, Class II PI 3) - Sphingosine
2.7.2 - COOH acceptor	Phosphoglycerate - Aspartate
2.7.3 - N acceptor	Creatine
2.7.4 - PO4 acceptor	Phosphomevalonate - Adenylate - Nucleoside-diphosphate
2.7.6 - P2O7	Ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase - Thiamine pyrophosphokinase
2.7.7 - nucleotidyl-	Integrase - PNPase - Polymerase - RNase PH - UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase - Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase -Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase - RNA replicase - Reverse transcriptase (Telomerase) - Transposase
2.7.8 - other phos.	N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase
2.7.10-11 - protein	Tyrosine - Serine/threonine-specific

v t e Transferases: sulfur-containing group (EC 2.8)
2.8.1: Sulfurtransferases	Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase Rhodanese 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase thiosulfate—thiol sulfurtransferase tRNA sulfurtransferase thiosulfate—dithiol sulfurtransferase biotin synthase cysteine desulfurase
2.8.2: Sulfotransferases	Alcohol sulfotransferase Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase Aryl sulfotransferase
2.8.3: CoA-transferases	Propionate CoA-transferase
2.8.4: Alkylthio	Coenzyme-B sulfoethylthiotransferase

v t e Hydrolases: ether bond (EC 3.3)
3.3.1	Adenosylhomocysteinase
3.3.2	Epoxide hydrolase Leukotriene-A4 hydrolase

v t e Hydrolases: carbon-nitrogen non-peptide (EC 3.5)
3.5.1: Linear amides / Amidohydrolases	Asparaginase Glutaminase Urease Biotinidase Aspartoacylase Ceramidase Aspartylglucosaminidase Fatty acid amide hydrolase Histone deacetylase Sirtuin
3.5.2: Cyclic amides/ Amidohydrolases	Barbiturase Beta-lactamase
3.5.3: Linear amidines/ Ureohydrolases	Arginase Agmatinase Protein-arginine deiminase
3.5.4: Cyclic amidines/ Aminohydrolases	Guanine deaminase Adenosine deaminase AMP deaminase Inosine monophosphate synthase DCMP deaminase GTP cyclohydrolase I Cytidine deaminase AICDA Activation-induced cytidine deaminase
3.5.5: Nitriles/ Aminohydrolases	Nitrilase
3.5.99: Other	Riboflavinase Thiaminase II

v t e Carbon-carbon lyases (EC 4.1)
4.1.1: Carboxy-lyases	Acetoacetate decarboxylase Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase Arginine decarboxylase Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase Glutamate decarboxylase Histidine decarboxylase Lysine decarboxylase Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase Ornithine decarboxylase Oxaloacetate decarboxylase Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase Pyruvate decarboxylase RuBisCO Uridine monophosphate synthetase/Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase
4.1.2: Aldehyde-lyases	Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase Aldolase A Aldolase B Aldolase C 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Threonine aldolase
4.1.3: Oxo-acid-lyases	Isocitrate lyase 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase
4.1.99: Other	Tryptophanase Photolyase CPD lyase Spore photoproduct lyase

v t e Carbon-oxygen lyases (EC 4.2) (primarily dehydratases)
4.2.1: Hydro-Lyases	Carbonic anhydrase Fumarase Aconitase Enolase Alpha Enolase 2 Enoyl-CoA hydratase/3-Hydroxyacyl ACP dehydrase Methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase Tryptophan synthase Cystathionine beta synthase Porphobilinogen synthase 3-Isopropylmalate dehydratase Urocanase Uroporphyrinogen III synthase Nitrile hydratase
4.2.2: Acting on polysaccharides	Hyaluronate lyase
4.2.3: Acting on phosphates	Threonine synthase
4.2.99: Other	Carboxymethyloxysuccinate lyase Hydroperoxide lyase

v t e Carbon-nitrogen lyases (EC 4.3)
4.3.1: ammonia-lyases	Histidine ammonia-lyase Formiminotransferase cyclodeaminase Serine dehydratase Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase
4.3.2: amidine-lyases	Argininosuccinate lyase Adenylosuccinate lyase

v t e Isomerases: Epimerase and racemases (EC 5.1)
5.1.1: Amino acids	Amino-acid racemase: Phenylalanine racemase (ATP-hydrolysing) Serine racemase
5.1.2: Hydroxy acids	Mandelate racemase
5.1.3: Carbohydrates	UDP-glucose 4-epimerase
5.1.99: Other	Methylmalonyl CoA epimerase

v t e Isomerases: intramolecular oxidoreductases (EC 5.3)
5.3.1: Aldoses/Ketoses	Triosephosphate isomerase Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase Mannose phosphate isomerase Glucose isomerase
5.3.2: Keto/Enol	Phenylpyruvate tautomerase Oxaloacetate tautomerase
5.3.3: C = C	Steroid D-isomerase Isopentenyl-diphosphate delta isomerase Vinylacetyl-CoA D-isomerase Muconolactone D-isomerase Cholestenol Delta-isomerase (EBP) Methylitaconate D-isomerase Aconitate Delta-isomerase Enoyl CoA isomerase Prostaglandin-A1 Delta-isomerase 5-carboxymethyl-2-hydroxymuconate D-isomerase Isopiperitenone D-isomerase L-dopachrome isomerase Polyenoic fatty acid isomerase
5.3.4: S-S	Protein disulfide-isomerase (PDIA3)
5.3.99: other	Prostaglandin D2 synthase/Prostaglandin-D synthase Prostaglandin E synthase Prostacyclin synthase Thromboxane-A synthase

v t e Isomerase: mutases (EC 5.4)
5.4.1 Acyl Groups	Lysolecithin acylmutase Precorrin-8X methylmutase
5.4.2 Phosphomutases	Phosphoglycerate mutase Bisphosphoglycerate mutase Phosphoglucomutase Phosphomannomutase PMM1 PMM2 Phosphoenolpyruvate mutase
5.4.99 Other groups	Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase Lanosterol synthase

v t e Intramolecular lyases (EC 5.5)
3-carboxy-cis,cis-muconate_cycloisomerase - Alpha-pinene-oxide_decyclase - Bornyl_diphosphate_synthase
Carboxy-cis,cis-muconate_cyclase - Chalcone_isomerase - Chloromuconate_cycloisomerase
Copalyl_diphosphate_synthase - Cycloeucalenol_cycloisomerase - Dichloromuconate_cycloisomerase
Ent-copalyl_diphosphate_synthase - Inositol-3-phosphate_synthase - Tetrahydroxypteridine_cycloisomerase

v t e Enzymes: CO CS and CN ligases (EC 6.1-6.3)
6.1: Carbon-Oxygen	Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase Alanine Arginine Asparagine Aspartate Cysteine D-alanine—poly(phosphoribitol) ligase Glutamate Glutamine Glycine Histidine Isoleucine Leucine Lysine Methionine Phenylalanine Proline Serine Threonine Tryptophan Tyrosine Valine
6.2: Carbon-Sulfur	Succinyl coenzyme A synthetase Acetyl—CoA synthetase Long-chain-fatty-acid—CoA ligase
6.3: Carbon-Nitrogen	Glutamine synthetase Ubiquitin ligase Cullin Von Hippel–Lindau tumor suppressor UBE3A Mdm2 Anaphase-promoting complex UBR1 Glutathione synthetase CTP synthetase Adenylosuccinate synthase Argininosuccinate synthase Holocarboxylase synthetase GMP synthase Asparagine synthetase Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I II Glutamate–cysteine ligase

v t e Ligases: carbon-carbon ligases (EC 6.4)
Biotin dependent carboxylation	Pyruvate carboxylase Acetyl-CoA carboxylase Propionyl-CoA carboxylase Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase
Other	Polyketide synthase

v t e Enzymes: Phosphoric ester and nitrogen-metal ligases (EC 6.5-6.6)
6.5: Phosphoric Ester	DNA ligase
6.6: Nitrogen-Metal	Magnesium chelatase Cobalt chelatase