8.1.2.3 Functional Catalytic Proteins: Enzymes
More than 3000 different enzymes have been identified and characterized. For purposes
of drug design, these enzymes may be grouped into six main classes, according to the
reaction that they catalyze; in turn, within each group, there are a variety of different
enzymes:
- Hydrolases
Amidases
Caspases
Esterases
Glycosidases
Lipases
Nucleases
Exonucleases
Endonucleases
Peptidases
Proteases - Isomerases
Cis/trans-isomerases
Epimerases
Mutases
Racemases
Rotamases - Ligases
Carboxylases
DNA ligase
RNA ligase
Synthetases - Lyases
Aldolases
Decarboxylases - Oxidoreductases
Catalases
Dehydrogenases
Oxidases
Oxygenases
Peroxidases
Reductases - Transferases
Acetyltransferases
Kinases
Polymerases
Transaldolases
Transaminases
Transketolases
Transmethylases
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