Nomenclature and Classification of Enzymes Naming the Enzymes Enzymes are generally named according to the substrate they complex with or the type of reaction they catalyze. The usual practice is to add suffix -ase to the name of the substrate involved. Thus, the enzyme cellulase, arginase and tyrosinase are named because their substrate cellulose, arginase and tyrosinase. But as the ...
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