hydro-lyase /hy·dro-ly·ase/ (hi″dro-li´ās) a lyase that catalyzes the removal of water from a substrate by breakage of a carbon-oxygen bond, leading to formation of a double bond.
hy·dro-ly·ase (h  dr -l  s, -z)n. Any of a class of lyase enzymes that catalyze the removal of water from a molecule leading to formation of new double bonds within the affected molecule. |
hydro-lyase
an enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a hydrogen atom and a hydroxyl group from the substrate molecule as water and the formation of a double bond.
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