Chemicals and Drugs

Hydrolases

Any member of the class of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of the substrate and the addition of water to the resulting molecules, e.g., ESTERASES, glycosidases (GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES), lipases, NUCLEOTIDASES, peptidases (PEPTIDE HYDROLASES), and phosphatases (PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES). EC 3.

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Any member of the class of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of the substrate and the addition of water to the resulting molecules, e.g., ESTERASES, glycosidases (GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES), lipases, NUCLEOTIDASES, peptidases (PEPTIDE HYDROLASES), and phosphatases (PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES). EC 3.

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  • Hydrolase

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with HYDRO-LYASES

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  1. D08.811w.277w

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QU 136

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hydrolases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006867. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006867
  2. Hydrolases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolase
  3. Hydrolases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96286