Enzymes that catalyse the splitting of bonds with the addition of water belong to the class called
- A. hydrolases
- B. ligases
- C. transferases
- D. isomerases
Explanation
Hydrolases, such as amylase, lipase and peptidase, break bonds by inserting water. Transferases move groups between molecules, ligases join molecules using ATP, and isomerases rearrange a molecule without changing its formula.
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