The Enzyme Database

Nomenclature Committee of the
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB)

Enzyme Nomenclature

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1.Oxidoreductases
 1.1 Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
  1.1.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.1.2With a cytochrome as acceptor
  1.1.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.1.4With a disulfide as acceptor
  1.1.5With a quinone or similar compound as acceptor
  1.1.99With other acceptors
 1.2 Acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donors
  1.2.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.2.2With a cytochrome as acceptor
  1.2.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.2.4With a disulfide as acceptor
  1.2.7With an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor
  1.2.99With other acceptors
 1.3 Acting on the CH-CH group of donors
  1.3.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.3.2With a cytochrome as acceptor
  1.3.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.3.5With a quinone or related compound as acceptor
  1.3.7With an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor
  1.3.99With other acceptors
 1.4 Acting on the CH-NH2 group of donors
  1.4.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.4.2With a cytochrome as acceptor
  1.4.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.4.4With a disulfide as acceptor
  1.4.7With an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor
  1.4.99With other acceptors
 1.5 Acting on the CH-NH group of donors
  1.5.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.5.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.5.4With a disulfide as acceptor
  1.5.5With a quinone or similar compound as acceptor
  1.5.7With an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor
  1.5.8With a flavin as acceptor
  1.5.99With other acceptors
 1.6 Acting on NADH or NADPH
  1.6.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.6.2With a heme protein as acceptor
  1.6.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.6.4With a disulfide as acceptor (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.6.5With a quinone or similar compound as acceptor
  1.6.6With a nitrogenous group as acceptor
  1.6.7With an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.6.8With a flavin as acceptor (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.6.99With other acceptors
 1.7 Acting on other nitrogenous compounds as donors
  1.7.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.7.2With a cytochrome as acceptor
  1.7.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.7.7With an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor
  1.7.99With other acceptors
 1.8 Acting on a sulfur group of donors
  1.8.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.8.2With a cytochrome as acceptor
  1.8.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.8.4With a disulfide as acceptor
  1.8.5With a quinone or similar compound as acceptor
  1.8.6With a nitrogenous group as acceptor (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.8.7With an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor
  1.8.98With other, known, acceptors
  1.8.99With other acceptors
 1.9 Acting on a heme group of donors
  1.9.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.9.6With a nitrogenous group as acceptor
  1.9.99With other acceptors
 1.10 Acting on diphenols and related substances as donors
  1.10.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.10.2With a cytochrome as acceptor
  1.10.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.10.99With other acceptors
 1.11 Acting on a peroxide as acceptor
  1.11.1Peroxidases
 1.12 Acting on hydrogen as donor
  1.12.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.12.2With a cytochrome as acceptor
  1.12.5With a quinone or similar compound as acceptor
  1.12.7With an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor
  1.12.98With other, known, acceptors
  1.12.99With other acceptors
 1.13 Acting on single donors with O2 as oxidant and incorporation of oxygen into the substrate (oxygenases). The oxygen incorporated need not be derived from O2
  1.13.11With incorporation of two atoms of oxygen
  1.13.12With incorporation of one atom of oxygen (internal monooxygenases or internal mixed-function oxidases)
  1.13.99Miscellaneous
 1.14 Acting on paired donors, with O2 as oxidant and incorporation or reduction of oxygen. The oxygen incorporated need not be derived from O2
  1.14.1With NADH or NADPH as one donor (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.14.2With ascorbate as one donor (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.14.3With reduced pteridine as one donor (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.14.11With 2-oxoglutarate as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into each donor
  1.14.12With NADH or NADPH as one donor, and incorporation of two atoms of oxygen into the other donor
  1.14.13With NADH or NADPH as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
  1.14.14With reduced flavin or flavoprotein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
  1.14.15With reduced iron-sulfur protein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
  1.14.16With reduced pteridine as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
  1.14.17With reduced ascorbate as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
  1.14.18With another compound as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
  1.14.19With oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of O2 to two molecules of water
  1.14.20With 2-oxoglutarate as one donor, and the other dehydrogenated
  1.14.21With NADH or NADPH as one donor, and the other dehydrogenated
  1.14.99Miscellaneous
 1.15 Acting on superoxide as acceptor
  1.15.1Acting on superoxide as acceptor (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 1.16 Oxidizing metal ions
  1.16.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.16.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.16.8With a flavin as acceptor
 1.17 Acting on CH or CH2 groups
  1.17.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.17.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.17.4With a disulfide as acceptor
  1.17.5With a quinone or similar compound as acceptor
  1.17.99With other acceptors
 1.18 Acting on iron-sulfur proteins as donors
  1.18.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.18.2With dinitrogen as acceptor (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.18.3With H+ as acceptor (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.18.6With dinitrogen as acceptor
  1.18.96With other, known, acceptors (deleted sub-subclass)
  1.18.99With H+ as acceptor (deleted sub-subclass)
 1.19 Acting on reduced flavodoxin as donor
  1.19.6With dinitrogen as acceptor
 1.20 Acting on phosphorus or arsenic in donors
  1.20.1With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
  1.20.4With disulfide as acceptor
  1.20.98With other, known, acceptors
  1.20.99With other acceptors
 1.21 Acting on X-H and Y-H to form an X-Y bond
  1.21.3With oxygen as acceptor
  1.21.4With a disulfide as acceptor
  1.21.99With other acceptors
 1.97 Other oxidoreductases
  1.97.1Sole sub-subclass for oxidoreductases that do not belong in the other subclasses
 
2.Transferases
 2.1 Transferring one-carbon groups
  2.1.1Methyltransferases
  2.1.2Hydroxymethyl-, formyl- and related transferases
  2.1.3Carboxy- and carbamoyltransferases
  2.1.4Amidinotransferases
 2.2 Transferring aldehyde or ketonic groups
  2.2.1Transketolases and transaldolases
 2.3 Acyltransferases
  2.3.1Transferring groups other than aminoacyl groups
  2.3.2Aminoacyltransferases
  2.3.3Acyl groups converted into alkyl groups on transfer
 2.4 Glycosyltransferases
  2.4.1Hexosyltransferases
  2.4.2Pentosyltransferases
  2.4.99Transferring other glycosyl groups
 2.5 Transferring alkyl or aryl groups, other than methyl groups
  2.5.1Transferring alkyl or aryl groups, other than methyl groups (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 2.6 Transferring nitrogenous groups
  2.6.1Transaminases
  2.6.2Amidinotransferases (deleted sub-subclass)
  2.6.3Oximinotransferases
  2.6.99Transferring other nitrogenous groups
 2.7 Transferring phosphorus-containing groups
  2.7.1Phosphotransferases with an alcohol group as acceptor
  2.7.2Phosphotransferases with a carboxy group as acceptor
  2.7.3Phosphotransferases with a nitrogenous group as acceptor
  2.7.4Phosphotransferases with a phosphate group as acceptor
  2.7.5Phosphotransferases with regeneration of donors, apparently catalysing intramolecular transfers (deleted sub-subclass)
  2.7.6Diphosphotransferases
  2.7.7Nucleotidyltransferases
  2.7.8Transferases for other substituted phosphate groups
  2.7.9Phosphotransferases with paired acceptors
  2.7.10Protein-tyrosine kinases
  2.7.11Protein-serine/threonine kinases
  2.7.12Dual-specificity kinases (those acting on Ser/Thr and Tyr residues)
  2.7.13Protein-histidine kinases
  2.7.99Other protein kinases
 2.8 Transferring sulfur-containing groups
  2.8.1Sulfurtransferases
  2.8.2Sulfotransferases
  2.8.3CoA-transferases
  2.8.4Transferring alkylthio groups
 2.9 Transferring selenium-containing groups
  2.9.1Selenotransferases
 
3.Hydrolases
 3.1 Acting on ester bonds
  3.1.1Carboxylic-ester hydrolases
  3.1.2Thioester hydrolases
  3.1.3Phosphoric-monoester hydrolases
  3.1.4Phosphoric-diester hydrolases
  3.1.5Triphosphoric-monoester hydrolases
  3.1.6Sulfuric-ester hydrolases
  3.1.7Diphosphoric-monoester hydrolases
  3.1.8Phosphoric-triester hydrolases
  3.1.11Exodeoxyribonucleases producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.13Exoribonucleases producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.14Exoribonucleases producing 3'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.15Exonucleases that are active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and produce 5'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.16Exonucleases that are active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and produce 3'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.21Endodeoxyribonucleases producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.22Endodeoxyribonucleases producing 3'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.23Site-specific endodeoxyribonucleases: cleavage is sequence specific (deleted sub-subclass)
  3.1.24Site specific endodeoxyribonucleases: cleavage is not sequence specific (deleted sub-subclass)
  3.1.25Site-specific endodeoxyribonucleases that are specific for altered bases
  3.1.26Endoribonucleases producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.27Endoribonucleases producing 3'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.30Endoribonucleases that are active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and produce 5'-phosphomonoesters
  3.1.31Endoribonucleases that are active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and produce 3'-phosphomonoesters
 3.2 Glycosylases
  3.2.1Glycosidases, i.e. enzymes that hydrolyse O- and S-glycosyl compounds
  3.2.2Hydrolysing N-glycosyl compounds
  3.2.3Hydrolysing S-glycosyl compounds (deleted sub-subclass)
 3.3 Acting on ether bonds
  3.3.1Thioether and trialkylsulfonium hydrolases
  3.3.2Ether hydrolases
 3.4 Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases)
  3.4.1α-Amino-acyl-peptide hydrolases (deleted sub-subclass)
  3.4.2Peptidyl-amino-acid hydrolases (deleted sub-subclass)
  3.4.3Dipeptide hydrolases (deleted sub-subclass)
  3.4.4Peptidyl peptide hydrolases (deleted sub-subclass)
  3.4.11Aminopeptidases
  3.4.12Peptidylamino-acid hydrolases or acylamino-acid hydrolases (deleted sub-subclass)
  3.4.13Dipeptidases
  3.4.14Dipeptidyl-peptidases and tripeptidyl-peptidases
  3.4.15Peptidyl-dipeptidases
  3.4.16Serine-type carboxypeptidases
  3.4.17Metallocarboxypeptidases
  3.4.18Cysteine-type carboxypeptidases
  3.4.19Omega peptidases
  3.4.21Serine endopeptidases
  3.4.22Cysteine endopeptidases
  3.4.23Aspartic endopeptidases
  3.4.24Metalloendopeptidases
  3.4.25Threonine endopeptidases
  3.4.99Endopeptidases of unknown catalytic mechanism (sub-subclass is currently empty)
 3.5 Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds
  3.5.1In linear amides
  3.5.2In cyclic amides
  3.5.3In linear amidines
  3.5.4In cyclic amidines
  3.5.5In nitriles
  3.5.99In other compounds
 3.6 Acting on acid anhydrides
  3.6.1In phosphorus-containing anhydrides
  3.6.2In sulfonyl-containing anhydrides
  3.6.3Acting on acid anhydrides to catalyse transmembrane movement of substances
  3.6.4Acting on acid anhydrides to facilitate cellular and subcellular movement
  3.6.5Acting on GTP to facilitate cellular and subcellular movement
 3.7 Acting on carbon-carbon bonds
  3.7.1In ketonic substances
 3.8 Acting on halide bonds
  3.8.1In carbon-halide compounds
  3.8.2In phosphorus-halide compounds (deleted sub-subclass)
 3.9 Acting on phosphorus-nitrogen bonds
  3.9.1Acting on phosphorus-nitrogen bonds (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 3.10 Acting on sulfur-nitrogen bonds
  3.10.1Acting on sulfur-nitrogen bonds (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 3.11 Acting on carbon-phosphorus bonds
  3.11.1Acting on carbon-phosphorus bonds (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 3.12 Acting on sulfur-sulfur bonds
  3.12.1Acting on sulfur-sulfur bonds (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 3.13 Acting on carbon-sulfur bonds
  3.13.1Acting on carbon-sulfur bonds (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 
4.Lyases
 4.1 Carbon-carbon lyases
  4.1.1Carboxy-lyases
  4.1.2Aldehyde-lyases
  4.1.3Oxo-acid-lyases
  4.1.99Other carbon-carbon lyases
 4.2 Carbon-oxygen lyases
  4.2.1Hydro-lyases
  4.2.2Acting on polysaccharides
  4.2.3Acting on phosphates
  4.2.99Other carbon-oxygen lyases
 4.3 Carbon-nitrogen lyases
  4.3.1Ammonia-lyases
  4.3.2Amidine-lyases
  4.3.3Amine-lyases
  4.3.99Other carbon-nitrogen lyases (deleted sub-subclass)
 4.4 Carbon-sulfur lyases
  4.4.1Carbon-sulfur lyases (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 4.5 Carbon-halide lyases
  4.5.1Carbon-halide lyases (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 4.6 Phosphorus-oxygen lyases
  4.6.1Phosphorus-oxygen lyases (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 4.99 Other lyases
  4.99.1Sole sub-subclass for lyases that do not belong in the other subclasses
 
5.Isomerases
 5.1 Racemases and epimerases
  5.1.1Acting on amino acids and derivatives
  5.1.2Acting on hydroxy acids and derivatives
  5.1.3Acting on carbohydrates and derivatives
  5.1.99Acting on other compounds
 5.2 cis-trans-Isomerases
  5.2.1cis-trans Isomerases (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 5.3 Intramolecular oxidoreductases
  5.3.1Interconverting aldoses and ketoses, and related compounds
  5.3.2Interconverting keto- and enol-groups
  5.3.3Transposing C=C bonds
  5.3.4Transposing S-S bonds
  5.3.99Other intramolecular oxidoreductases
 5.4 Intramolecular transferases
  5.4.1Transferring acyl groups
  5.4.2Phosphotransferases (phosphomutases)
  5.4.3Transferring amino groups
  5.4.4Transferring hydroxy groups
  5.4.99Transferring other groups
 5.5 Intramolecular lyases
  5.5.1Intramolecular lyases (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 5.99 Other isomerases
  5.99.1Sole sub-subclass for isomerases that do not belong in the other subclasses
 
6.Ligases
 6.1 Forming carbon-oxygen bonds
  6.1.1Ligases forming aminoacyl-tRNA and related compounds
 6.2 Forming carbon-sulfur bonds
  6.2.1Acid-thiol ligases
 6.3 Forming carbon-nitrogen bonds
  6.3.1Acid—ammonia (or amine) ligases (amide synthases)
  6.3.2Acid—amino-acid ligases (peptide synthases)
  6.3.3Cyclo-ligases
  6.3.4Other carbon-nitrogen ligases
  6.3.5Carbon-nitrogen ligases with glutamine as amido-N-donor
 6.4 Forming carbon-carbon bonds
  6.4.1Ligases that form carbon-carbon bonds (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 6.5 Forming phosphoric-ester bonds
  6.5.1Ligases that form phosphoric-ester bonds (only sub-subclass identified to date)
 6.6 Forming nitrogen—metal bonds
  6.6.1Forming coordination complexes


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