Category:GO:0016829 ! lyase activity

name: lyase activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Catalysis of the cleavage of C-C, C-O, C-N and other bonds by other means than by hydrolysis or oxidation, or conversely adding a group to a double bond. They differ from other enzymes in that two substrates are involved in one reaction direction, but only one in the other direction. When acting on the single substrate, a molecule is eliminated and this generates either a new double bond or a new ring." [ISBN:0198547684]
subset: goslim_candida
subset: goslim_chembl
subset: goslim_drosophila
subset: goslim_generic
subset: goslim_metagenomics
subset: goslim_pir
subset: goslim_prokaryote
subset: goslim_yeast
xref: EC:4.-.-.-
is_a: GO:0003824 ! catalytic activity

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0016829</GOterm>
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