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What are enzymes?

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Enzyme are proteins that catalyse biological reactions. They are very specific in nature and catalyse only a particular reaction for a particular substrate. Enzymes are usually named after the particular substrate or class of substrate and some times after the particular reaction.
For example: The enzymes used to catalyse the hydrolysis of maltose into glucose is named as malase.

Again, the enzymes used to catalyse the oxidation of one substrate with the simultaneous reduction of another substrate are named as oxidoreductase enzymes. The name of the enzyme ends with 4- ase.

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