lyase
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lyase (plural lyases)
(biochemistry) Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific form of bond
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Mescaline producing cactus bio-synthesize tyrosine into mescaline when injected with it. citation Precursor to natural phenols Tyrosine ammonia lyase (TAL) is an enzyme in the natural phenols biosynthesis pathway.
Peptide lyases A seventh catalytic type of proteolytic enzymes, asparagine peptide lyase, was described in 2011.
There it is cleaved by ATP citrate lyase into acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate.
This step is catalyzed by adenylosuccinate lyase.